Malignancy Ups Risk of Post-Hysterectomy Readmission
Factors for 30-day readmission include perioperative complications, prior open abdominal surgery
CDC Establishes New ‘Clean Hands Count’ Campaign
Campaign urges health care professionals and patients and loved ones to keep hands clean
Exercise Reduces Fatigue, Depression, Paresthesia in MS
Females with multiple sclerosis report decreases with yoga, aquatic exercise versus non-exercise control
AUA: Nasal Spray Linked to Decreased Nocturia, Better QoL
In second study, exercise also found to improve nocturia
Swaddling May Increase Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Researchers also found risk increased as infants approached 6 months of age
Substantial Aggregate Costs of Care for Cervical Cancer
Advanced age, stage at diagnosis, comorbidities predict greater costs in most care phases
Portable, Rapid, Low-Cost Zika Test Shows Promise in Monkeys
Easy-to-use screening would benefit doctors working miles from hospital
Fluconazole Use May Raise Risk of Certain Birth Defects
Study shows increased odds of cleft lip with cleft palate, d-transposition of the great arteries
Herpes Simplex Virus Linked to Frailty, Mortality
Only HSV-2 independently predicts five-year mortality risk in older women aged 70 to 79 years
Radon in the Home Linked to Hematologic Malignancies
Association seen in women, but no connection found in men
