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Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
A specific subset of tissue factor-expressing monocytes persist after virological suppression and trigger the coagulation cascade by activating factor X in HIV

In HIV, Tissue Factor-Expressing Monocytes Trigger Coagulation

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The anticoagulant Ixolaris blocked functional activity of tissue factor in vitro and in vivo
Zika virus is an oncolytic virus that preferentially targets glioblastoma stem cells

Zika Virus Preferentially Targets Glioblastoma Stem Cells

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ZIKV preferentially infects, kills GSCs relative to differentiated tumor progeny, normal neuronal cells
Complete blood cell count parameters at commonly used or optimal thresholds do not offer high accuracy in identifying invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants (≤60 days of age)

‘Modest at Best’ Discriminatory Ability for CBC Test in Infants

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Findings among febrile infants (≤60 days) with invasive bacterial infections
Bacterial infections that have sickened 39 people in seven states have been linked to puppies sold through Petland

CDC: Human Campylobacter Linked to Pet Store Puppies

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Campylobacter can spread through contact with dog feces
From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 there was a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type human papillomavirus among unvaccinated young women aged 18 to 26 years

Vaccine-Type HPV Rates Down for Unvaccinated Young Women

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Significant decrease among unvaccinated women aged 18 to 26 years from 2009-2010 to 2013-2014
Airway mucin concentrations may be a marker for chronic bronchitis

Airway Mucin Concentrations May Help Predict Chronic Bronchitis

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Mean total mucin concentrations up in smokers with severe COPD, those with respiratory exacerbations
Three cases of community-acquired pneumonia involving Chlamydia caviae after exposure to ill guinea pigs have been described

Zoonotic Chlamydia caviae Tied to Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Three cases of community-acquired pneumonia reported after exposure to ill guinea pigs
Retinal maldevelopment associated with congenital Zika syndrome is similar to the maldevelopment seen with cobalamin C deficiency

Zika, Cobalamin C Deficiency Tied to Similar Retinal Problems

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Congenital Zika syndrome associated with severe ganglion cell layer loss, thinning of central retina