Early Surgery Common for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
More than half of elective resections done after fewer than three preceding episodes
Medical Homes Contributing to Decreasing Cost of Care
Patient-centered medical home model showing progress nationally; need for appropriate incentives
Cardiovascular Fitness, Exercise BP Linked to Brain Volume
Poorer CV fitness, greater exercise BP in midlife linked to smaller brain volume 20 years later
Durable Response With Insulin Pump Therapy in T2DM
Greater reduction in glycated hemoglobin with pump therapy versus multiple daily injections
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide for Psychiatric Disorders Examined
Patients are usually women; most have chronic, severe conditions with histories of suicide
Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics
Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Active Asthma Ups Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture also increased
Recurrent Erythema Seen With H. cinaedi Bacteremia
Case report describes 85-year-old man who presented twice with fever and painful erythema
Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in ‘Healthy’ Obese
Overweight, obesity tied to higher incidence of CKD even in metabolically healthy younger patients
Decrease in Number of New HIV Diagnoses Among Black Women
From 2012 to 2014, increase seen in percentage of black females with early linkage to care
