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Almost one-quarter of women report lacking interest in sex at six months after initiating a new contraceptive method

Some Women Lack Interest in Sex With New Contraceptive

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Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, vaginal ring, implant more likely to lack interest
In an article published online Feb. 23 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Suggestions for Optimizing Practice Feedback Effectiveness

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Practice feedback interventions relate to nature of desired action, feedback display, delivery of feedback
The rates of emergency department visits possibly related to marijuana use have increased disproportionately for out-of-state visitors compared with Colorado residents

Point-of-Sale Education Needed for Cannabis Tourists

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After legalization, pot-related ER visits increased faster for visitors than for Colorado residents
This flu season continues to be mild

CDC: Flu Season Continues to Be Mild; Vaccine Is Effective

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Health officials report flu vaccine is 59 percent effective so far
Regular coffee consumption seems to delay disease progression in alcoholic liver disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis patients with end-stage liver disease and increase long-term survival following liver transplantation

Drinking Coffee May Slow Progression of Liver Disease

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Appears to delay disease progression and increase post-transplantation survival
Intellectual enrichment (high education and high midlife cognitive activity) has effects on biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Active Mind May Delay Alzheimer Symptoms, but Not Disease

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High midlife cognitive activity tied to lower amyloid deposition in APOE4 carriers with high education

Society of Critical Care Medicine, Feb. 20-24

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's 45th Critical Care Congress The Society of Critical Care Medicine's 45th Critical Care Congress was held from...
Intensive care unit nurses' may have inadequate knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention

Research Suggests Nurses May Be Unaware of VAP Guidelines

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Findings based on survey of Iranian ICU nurses regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia
Benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose deaths increased considerably from 1996 to 2013

Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Rose From 1996 to 2013

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Overdose death rate also increased but leveled out after 2010
For patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Women Have Lower Mortality Than Men at One Year After TAVR

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Findings among high-risk and inoperable patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement