Pembrolizumab Active in Patients With Advanced Melanoma
Overall response rate of 33 percent for total population, 45 percent among treatment naive
Relative Lens Vault Predicts Post-Op Refractory Error
Pre-op relative lens vault significantly predicts refractive outcome after cataract surgery
Costs Linked to Center Volume for Lung Transplant Recipients
Lower admission costs, in-hospital mortality, early hospital readmission rate at high-volume centers
Ongoing Education Betters Mammography Interpretation
Findings based upon radiologists' use of the Breast Reader Assessment Strategy program
Do Antihistamines Blunt Exercise Recovery?
Histamine blockade changes expression of genes that respond to exercise
Medical Expulsive Therapy Underused for Ureteral Stones
Patients treated with medical expulsive therapy achieve spontaneous passage more quickly
Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Beneficial in Type 2 Diabetes
Brief bouts of light-intensity walking, simple resistance activities improve cardiometabolic factors
Ten Cases of Rare Bloodstream Infection Reported in Illinois
Cases of infection from the bacterium Elizabethkingia included six deaths
AACR: Study Ties Oral Bacteria to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Two strains of oral bacteria -- P. gingivalis and A. actinomycetemcomitans -- linked to higher risk
BRCA1 Mutation May Reduce Women’s Fertility
The BRCA1 mutation may speed the aging of a woman's ovaries