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Providing women with web-based vaccine information with social media applications during pregnancy is associated with a greater proportion of infants up-to-date on their vaccines

Info Via Social Media Apps May Increase Vaccine Acceptance

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Infants of mothers with the apps more likely to be up-to-date on their vaccines in first 200 days of life
Sertraline treatment does not significantly improve depressive symptoms among patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease and major depressive disorder

Sertraline Treatment No Benefit for Depressive Symptoms in CKD

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No improvement for patients with MDD and chronic kidney disease without dialysis dependence
The rates of inferior vena cava filter placement increased from 2005 until 2010 and then decreased through 2014

Rates of IVC Filter Placement Decreased from 2010 to 2014

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Increase seen from 2005 until 2010, followed by decrease from 2011 to 2014
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is a course that patients may choose to hasten their death

Legal Aspects to Consider in Voluntary Refusal to Eat, Drink

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Patients, families, clinicians must consider clinical, ethical, legal aspects of VSED to hasten death
Lifestyle modification and medications can reduce the incidence of diabetes in adults at risk

Lifestyle Changes Successfully Reduce Incidence of Diabetes

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Reduced incidence seen with lifestyle changes, meds; however, effect of meds is short-lived
For patients with chronic valvular heart disease

Brain Measures Tied to Atrial Pressure in Valvular Heart Dz

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Linear link between white matter hyperintensity volume, RA pressure in chronic valvular heart disease
The Smart System of Disease Management series of applications is feasible and cost-saving for patients of rheumatologists

ACR: Consult Via Mobile App Cost-Saving for Rheumatology Patients

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Online consultations with rheumatologists through SSDM could save 84.86 percent of patient costs
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

ACR: Successful Tapering of DMARDs in RA Explored

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Low level of serum CRP at baseline linked to successful down-titration in multivariate analysis
For patients with systematic lupus erythematosus

ACR: Ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 Affects Outcomes in SLE

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And low vitamin D linked to later total organ, renal damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Tezacaftor-ivacaftor or ivacaftor alone is effective for patients with cystic fibrosis who are heterozygous for the Phe508del deletion

Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor, Ivacaftor Alone Effective in CF

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And tezacaftor-ivacaftor effective for cystic fibrosis patients homozygous for CFTR Phe508del mutation