New Sleep Guidelines Issued by National Sleep Foundation
Biggest changes for infants, elderly
Moderate Exercise Twice Weekly Lowers CV Risk in Women
Findings in middle-aged women; exercising a lot more/harder doesn't lead to greater reductions in risk
Increasing Dietary Fiber Leads to Other Healthy Changes
Trial comparing simple dietary change to more complicated regimen found similar health benefits
Young Adult Sore Throat Could Be Due to F. Necrophorum
Fusobacterium necrophorum implicated in 20 percent of sore throats in young adults
Methylprednisolone Use Cuts Treatment Failure in Pneumonia
Findings for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, high inflammatory response
Cardiovascular Health Calculators Overestimate Actual Risk
Such assessments should only be starting points for predicting risk, researcher explains
Fondaparinux Found to Effectively Treat NSTEMI
Swedish researchers find fondaparinux is effective, and reduces bleeding risk versus heparin
Wide Variation in Hospital Tx Patterns for Metastatic CRC
Use of metastatic site surgery, multiagent chemo increases as hospitals' volume of services increases
Observation Increasingly Used in Younger Men With Prostate CA
From 2004 to 2009, marked increase in observation among men with low-risk disease
Various Strategies Used by Patients With HIV, Chronic Pain
Some, such as substance use, may have negative health consequences
