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A novel triple-handed approach allows for examination of lymph-node basins without eliciting a ticklish response

Triple-Handed Approach Eases Palpation of Ticklish Patients

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Approach successful for ticklish adults undergoing palpation of lymph-node basins
Five key strategies are employed by clinicians to help promote patient behavior change

Five Strategies Employed to Help Promote Behavior Change

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Clinicians whose patients have activation increases report using five key strategies
A combined intervention of optimized analgesic prescription and exercise therapy is feasible and associated with significant reductions in pain and activity limitation in patients with knee osteoarthritis and severe knee pain

Analgesics Plus Exercise Therapy Feasible for Knee OA

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Seventy-eight percent of patients could participate in exercise protocol after analgesic use
Evidence is lacking that hydrolyzed infant formulas protect children from autoimmune disorders

Hydrolyzed Infant Formulas Don’t Shield Against Asthma, Allergies

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Review of nearly 70 years of data found no protective effect
Privacy policies for health programs -- or "apps" -- designed for smartphones that share highly sensitive medical information between patients and doctors are lacking

Study Raises Privacy Concerns for Health Care Apps

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Many have no policies, and may share data with third parties, researchers say
Women with diabetes who take insulin appear to have a higher incidence of dense breasts

Insulin Treatment May Up Breast Density in Diabetes Patients

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Women on insulin might need extra breast cancer screening
Warfarin treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation may raise the risk of traumatic intracranial bleeding by more than previously reported

Warfarin’s Intracranial Bleed Risk Higher Than Previously Reported

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Several factors place patients at increased risk of traumatic intracranial bleeding
A combination drug therapy widely used to treat malaria in adults -- dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine -- also protects pregnant women and their fetuses from the disease

Combo Tx Protects Pregnant Women, Fetuses From Malaria

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Findings suggest older medication is losing effectiveness, researchers say
The list of neurological disorders potentially associated with the Zika virus continues to grow

Zika Now Tied to Meningoencephalitis

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Case described in elderly cruise ship patient
For rural men who have sex with men

Disclosure of Sexual Identity Linked to Receipt of HIV Testing

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Rural men who have sex with men who disclose sexual identity more likely to have HIV testing, hepatitis shots