Long-Term Tamoxifen Does Lower Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk
Six-year study finds follow-up therapy cuts survivors' risk for cancer in the other breast
Levosimendan Doesn’t Prevent Acute Organ Dysfunction
Drug also tied to lower odds of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in adults with sepsis
High-Flow Oxygen Not Inferior for Averting Reintubation
Not inferior to noninvasive mechanical ventilation for high-risk patients who have undergone extubation
Zinc Alters Gut Microbiota, Cuts Resistance to C. difficile
Excess dietary zinc reduces minimum amount of antibiotics needed to confer susceptibility to CDI
Variation in Medicare Payments for Peri-Op Complications
Large variation across hospitals for patients rescued from peri-op complications after four procedures
Empirical Micafungin Treatment Doesn’t Improve Survival
No increase in invasive fungal infection-free survival for ICU-acquired sepsis, Candida colonization
Conservative Oxygen Treatment Linked to Lower ICU Mortality
Findings among adult ICU patients with expected length of stay of 72 hours or longer
Women’s Better Memory Skills May Delay Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Women tend to hold on to better verbal memory skills as they age compared to men
Dermatologists Receive Considerable Industry Payments
Variation in nature and amount of payments, with top 1 percent of doctors receiving at least $93,622
Exposure to LDL-C-Lowering Genetic Variants Ups T2DM Risk
Meta-analysis shows heterogeneous associations for genes in or near NPC1L1 with type 2 diabetes
