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Patients who regularly use proton pump inhibitors may be at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease

Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Chronic Kidney Disease

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Risk increased the longer people used the medications
Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts all-cause mortality

No Racial Difference in Prognostic Value of Cardiorespiratory Fitness

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Cardiorespiratory fitness is strong predictor of all-cause mortality in white and black patients
Growth charting methods identify a correlation between intrinsic connectivity networks and attention performance

Brain Network Charts Could Help Predict Attention Impairment

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Correlation between intrinsic connectivity networks, attention performance in youths
Two years into the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Progress Made in Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

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Practices have not yet shown savings in expenditures; limited improvement in quality of care
Lung ultrasounds may offer a safer

Pediatric Pneumonia Can Be Diagnosed Via Lung Ultrasound

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In study, radiation exposure of standard chest X-rays was avoided, no cases were missed
Hepatitis C may increase the risk for certain types of head and neck cancers

Hepatitis C Found to Up Odds for Certain Head and Neck Cancers

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Researcher sees need for improved screening, treatment
Zika virus is a definite and direct cause of microcephaly and other brain-related birth defects

CDC: Zika Link to Microcephaly, Brain Damage Confirmed

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Evidence confirms infection during early pregnancy leads to severe form of microcephaly
Staff at many outpatient health care facilities in New Mexico failed to follow recommendations for hand hygiene more than one-third of the time

Health Care Workers Skip Hand Washing One-Third of the Time

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Outpatient facility staff also found to be lacking at safe injection practices
Older patients with soft-tissue sarcomas may benefit more from radiation therapy after surgery than younger patients do

Older Age May Boost Radiation Benefits in Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

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Biggest benefit was seen post-surgery in people over 65, research suggests
For men with prostate cancer

Surveillance Seems Safe for Some Intermediate Risk Prostate CA

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Seems safe for men at low risk and for select patients at intermediate risk, including those with Gleason 6