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Most cow's milk allergic patients undergoing oral immunotherapy are able to consume cow's milk protein regularly without significant adverse reactions

Oral Immunotherapy Seems Beneficial for Cow’s Milk Allergy

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Most patients are able to consume cow's milk protein regularly without serious adverse effects
Eight reasons associated with patient's intentional nonadherence to medications have been identified in a report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA: Eight Reasons for Nonadherence to Medications

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Reasons include fear of side effects, costs, misunderstanding of the need for medications
Operative vaginal delivery remains an important component of modern labor management

ACOG: Operative Vaginal Delivery Remains Appropriate

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Operative vaginal delivery accounted for 3.3 percent of all deliveries in 2013
Lower-level radiation and chemotherapy may be as effective as standard doses for some patients with human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

ASTRO: Less Treatment Effective in HPV-Related Oropharynx CA

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Lower doses of chemotherapy, radiation may also reduce unwanted side effects
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection) to be used in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin in advanced pancreatic cancer.

FDA Approves Onivyde for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

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To be used in combination with fluorouracil/leucovorin for advanced disease
Repeated antibiotic use is linked to greater weight gains in children

Childhood Antibiotics Rx Tied to Weight Gain Through Adolescence

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Study finds link between repeated use in children and slightly higher weights in teen years
An intensive lifestyle intervention can reduce gastrointestinal symptoms among overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Improves GI Symptoms in T2DM

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Improvements in gastrointestinal symptoms greatest during first year, which also sees most weight loss
Among children aged 5 to 17 months

RTS,S Malaria Vaccine More Active Against Matched Infections

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Among children 5 to 17 months, vaccine efficacy higher with matched circumsporozoite protein alleles
For staff nurses

Yoga Intervention Ups Sleep Quality for Staff Nurses

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Better sleep quality, lower work stress for nurses in yoga group versus non-yoga group
Patients' reasons for returning to the emergency department after discharge from an internal medicine unit include being discharged too soon and feeling weak

Patients’ Reasons for Returning to ER Differ From Predicted

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Reasons differ from those predicted by the liaison nurse clinician's evaluation