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The time to first postoperative bowel movement after elective laparoscopic colorectal resection is shorter in those drinking coffee versus noncaffeinated tea

Coffee May Speed Up Recovery of Function After Bowel Surgery

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Time to first postoperative bowel movement and length of hospital stay shorter in coffee drinkers
Type 1 diabetes diagnosis is missed less frequently when patients present during childhood or adolescence

Type 1 Diabetes Misdiagnosed in One-Fourth of Children, Adults

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Misdiagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children, but not adults, associated with diabetic ketoacidosis
Only two-thirds of all health care providers are fully adherent to surgical guidelines for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy

Adherence to Surgical Guidelines Low for Salpingo-Oophorectomy

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Gynecologic oncologists more likely to fully adhere to surgical protocol than ob-gyns
A section on the use of technology in the management of diabetes has been added to the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes; a clinical guideline summary was published online Aug. 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Use of Technology Now Included in Standards of Diabetes Care

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Use of an intermittently scanned CGM can be considered as substitute to SMBG for adults
Two experimental Ebola treatments have worked so well in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak that they will be offered to all patients

New Ebola Drugs Highly Effective, Might Shorten Outbreak in Africa

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The treatments, REGN-EB3 and mAb-114, are both monoclonal antibodies
Warning labels for the suspected cancer-causing weed killer glyphosate (Roundup) will not be approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA Will Not Approve Warning Labels for Glyphosate

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Last year, Roundup maker Monsanto obtained court order blocking the warning labels
Nearly two-thirds of actively practicing physicians are still carrying medical school debt

One-Third of Physicians Will Take 10+ Years to Pay Off Debt

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Survey shows that taking extra shifts is one strategy to help doctors pay off medical school debt
Strategies for perfusion assessment necessary for critical limb ischemia diagnosis remain limited

Perfusion Assessment Key for Critical Limb Ischemia Diagnosis

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Emerging technologies may improve diagnosis and management for critical limb ischemia
Among elderly patients

Flu Vaccine Tied to Better Long-Term Outcomes in Elderly ICU Survivors

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Those who are vaccinated have lower risk for stroke, death in year following ICU discharge
Cognitive behavioral therapy should be the first line of treatment in younger patients with major depressive disorder before clinicians prescribe medication

Psychotherapy Alone First Line of Treatment for Depressed Youth

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Adding fluoxetine to cognitive behavioral therapy did not further reduce depressive symptoms