Diabetes Patients More Susceptible to Staph Bacteremia
Risk up seven-fold among patients with type 1 diabetes, almost three-fold for those with type 2
Predictive Model Developed for In-Hospital Mortality in TAVR
Covariates include age, glomerular filtration rate, hemodialysis, severe chronic lung disease
Warfarin’s Intracranial Bleed Risk Higher Than Previously Reported
Several factors place patients at increased risk of traumatic intracranial bleeding
Zika Now Tied to Meningoencephalitis
Case described in elderly cruise ship patient
Vitamin D Not Beneficial for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Supplements don't slow disease progression or ease pain, even in patients with low levels of the vitamin
CPAP Improves Glycemic Control in Patients With T2DM, OSA
Findings in patients with suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea
Bevacizumab, Triamcinolone Up Outcome After Cataract Surgery
Both linked to improvements in visual acuity; only triamcinolone tied to sustained improvement in CMT
Physicians’ Contracts Can Affect Patients, Professionalism
Problematic clauses in contracts include blanket confidentiality clauses, termination without cause
Slow Gait After Acute MI Linked to Mortality, Readmission
More than half of older adults have slow gait at one month after acute myocardial infarction
AHA: Yogurt Consumption Linked to Reduced Risk of High BP
Effect seen in women, not men; strongest effect seen in the highest tertile of DASH scores
