Two-Dose Varicella Vaccine Offers Improved Protection
Adding second inoculation at ages 4 to 6 is almost 100 percent effective
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Risk Up in Obese Women on OCPs
Better counseling of obese women needed, including consideration of non-hormonal contraceptives
Apnea Impacts Neurocognitive Function in Children
Those with higher apnea-hypopnea index more impaired than those with lower AHI
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
AAN: Preeclampsia, LBW Up With Severe Migraine While Pregnant
Women older than 35 appear most at risk, researchers find
Triple-Handed Approach Eases Palpation of Ticklish Patients
Approach successful for ticklish adults undergoing palpation of lymph-node basins
Five Strategies Employed to Help Promote Behavior Change
Clinicians whose patients have activation increases report using five key strategies
Analgesics Plus Exercise Therapy Feasible for Knee OA
Seventy-eight percent of patients could participate in exercise protocol after analgesic use
Rebound Growth for One in Four With Infantile Hemangioma
Factors linked to rebound growth include age of discontinuation, deep IH, and female gender
Elderly With Advanced CRC Often Get Costly, Unnecessary Tx
Medications come with many side effects, may add only one month to survival, researchers say
