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Modest changes in diet can address the projected reduction in the availability of freshwater for irrigation in India

Small Dietary Changes Cut Water Use, Can Improve Health

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Adoption of optimized diets also accompanied by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
Inpatient penicillin allergy testing is effective for ruling out penicillin allergy

Ruling Out Penicillin Allergy by Testing Inpatients Saves Money

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Inpatient allergy testing led to change in antibiotic selection that was greater in intensive care unit
Childhood kidney recipients have increased cancer risk

Increased Cancer Risk for Childhood Kidney Recipients

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Highest risk for standardized incidence ratios for lymphoproliferative disease and cervical cancer
One in 10 pregnant U.S. women with confirmed Zika infection in 2016 had a baby with virus-related birth defects

CDC: Birth Defects Seen in 1 in 10 U.S. Pregnancies Affected by Zika

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CDC report also says too few infants are tested for the virus
One-fifth of patients who sought a second opinion recently at a single academic medical center had received a different diagnosis from their primary care providers

Second Opinion Yields Different Diagnosis for 1 in 5 Patients

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In study, 21 percent of cases received final diagnoses that were distinctly different than referral diagnoses
Use of corticosteroids is associated with increased odds of metabolic syndrome and elevated body mass index

ENDO: Corticosteroids Linked to Increased Risk of MetS

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CS users had higher odds of metabolic syndrome, increased body mass index compared with nonusers
For adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome

ENDO: Rx Intervention Restores Normal Ovulation in PCOS

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Low-dose combo of spironolactone-pioglitazone-metformin linked to 2.5-fold higher ovulation rate
As HIV becomes a lifetime disease instead of a fatal disease

AACR: Cancer Burden Changing for Americans With HIV

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AIDS-linked tumors predicted to decline by 2030
Infants are far less likely to develop pertussis if their mother received a tetanus toxoid

Maternal Pertussis Vaccination Reduces Risk for Newborns

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Benefit is dramatic for newborns who are too young to be vaccinated, researchers say
New antibiotic therapy

New Antibiotic Tx Beneficial After Acute Lung Function Decline in CF

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Findings among children with cystic fibrosis treated either inpatient, outpatient