CKD Risk Lower for Those Following Healthy Plant-Based Diet
Slower eGFR decline seen in association with greater adherence to overall and healthy plant-based diets
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy May Up Allergic Reaction Risk
Increase seen in anaphylaxis risk, anaphylaxis frequency, epinephrine use with oral immunotherapy
Improvement Needed in Doctor-Patient Lung Cancer Screening Discussions
Crude estimated rates of physician-patient discussion dropped from 6.7 to 4.3 percent in 2012 to 2017
Longer Duration of Antibiotic Use Tied to Risk for CVD in Women
Risk for cardiovascular disease increased for women in middle, late adulthood with longer antibiotic use
Hundreds Quarantined for Measles at Two Los Angeles Universities
Alert comes just days after a measles outbreak was declared in Los Angeles County
Interdisciplinary Care Pathway Helps Manage Frail, Elderly Trauma Patients
Significant decreases seen in delirium, 30-day readmission, but not complications
Eating Breakfast Tied to Lower Risk for Death From CVD
Mortality risk related to cardiovascular disease 87 percent higher among those who never eat breakfast
CDC: Number of U.S. Measles Cases Reaches New High
The number -- 695 cases -- is the highest since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000
Risk-Based Screening Improves Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Benefits seen for prevention of major cardiovascular events, higher quality-adjusted life years
Sleeping Pill Use Tied to Greater Need for BP Meds in Older Adults
But no association observed between sleep duration or quality and change in BP drug use
