Metabolic Benefit Same With Similar Weight Loss After Surgery
Findings among obese patients with diabetes undergoing either gastric bypass, banding
ASN: Smoking May Negate Some Benefits of Rx Therapy in CKD
Possibly because cigarette smoking causes oxidative stress
ASN: Acid Suppression Therapy Linked to Kidney Stones, CKD
Two studies show increased risk of kidney stones with PPI, H2 blocker use; CKD with PPI use
Single-Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy Preferable
Shorter hospital duration, return to activity versus three-incision laparoscopic appendectomy
Hyperhidrosis Tied to Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression
Positive correlations identified for HH severity and the prevalence of anxiety and depression
CT Measures Can Accurately Identify Stroke Onset
Holds implications for guiding thrombolysis use when time of stroke onset unknown
Mortality Risk Up for Hospital Patients With Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia, either with insulin or spontaneous, linked to increased short- and long-term mortality
Ustekinumab Shows Promise in Crohn’s Disease
Medication potentially helpful in those for whom other treatments haven't worked
Urgency, Incontinence Improve After Anterior Urethroplasty
Preoperative prevalences of 58 and 31 percent, respectively, decrease significantly postoperatively
Metformin Alters Gut Microbiota Composition in Diabetes
Higher relative abundance of A. muciniphila, SCFA-producing microbiota for metformin-treated diabetes
