New Guidelines Set Safe Surgery Margins for DCIS
2 mm is enough to guard against recurrences while reducing need for additional surgeries
More Evidence Paying Smokers to Quit May Work
But cost may be $28,000 to get one additional smoker to succeed long term
DASH Diet May Be Beneficial for Gout Patients
Dietary approach to prevent gout should be considered first-line therapy, researcher says
Thrombocytopenia Up With Use of Phosphate-Buffered Tirofiban
Relative risk for thrombocytopenia not increased with use of citrate-buffered tirofiban
Low Evidence for PTRAS Versus Meds in Renal Artery Stenosis
Low evidence for benefits, harms of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty with stent placement
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine No Better Than Inactivated
No reduction in hazard ratio for influenza A or B virus with LAIV in study among Hutterite children
Antimicrobial Resistance to Carbapenems Increasing
Significant trend for consumption of carbapenems and resistance to imipenem in P. aeruginosa
Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Up in U.S. Since 1979
From 0.3 percent in 1979-1980 to 5.8 percent in 2008-2010, partly due to trends in BMI, race
Liver Steatosis Ups New-Onset Diabetes After Transplantation
Donor liver steatosis is independent risk factor for NODAT among liver transplant recipients
Refugees Have Different Perceptions of Child Development
Participants report limited awareness of developmental milestones; no word for 'development'
