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Day-Care Centers Have More Allergens Than Homes

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Findings show mite, mouse, cat, and dog allergens common in day-care centers
The spectrum of HIV-associated kidney disease has changed with the improvement of therapy for HIV infection

Recent Change in Spectrum of HIV-Linked Kidney Disease

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Improvement of therapy for HIV infection has changed incidence, type, severity of kidney diseases
Noninvasive mapping of cardiac arrhythmias with electrocardiographic imaging and noninvasive delivery of precise ablative radiation with stereotactic body radiation therapy can reduce the burden of ventricular tachycardia

Stereotactic Body Radiation Can Cut Ventricular Tachycardia

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Reduction from baseline of 99.9 percent in episodes of ventricular tachycardia in five patients
Hospital admissions of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and accompanying acute kidney injury are increasing

C. Difficile + Kidney Injury Admissions Are Up

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Despite increase in admissions, inpatient mortality improved from 2003 to 2012
Disrupted sleep is associated with increased amyloid-β production in adults

Disrupted Sleep Linked to Increased Amyloid-β Production

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Sleep deprivation tied to increased overnight amyloid-β-38, -40, -42 levels by 25 to 30 percent
High-sensitivity troponin assay can identify patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome at very low risk for 30-day adverse cardiac events

Serial hsTnT Level IDs Risk of 30-Day Adverse Cardiac Event

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Serial levels ≤19 ng/L IDs patients presenting with suspected ACS with <1 percent risk of 30-day ACE
For patients with late-stage renal disease

Findings Could Help Reduce Risk of Calciphylaxis in Renal Disease

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Only lupus anticoagulant, combined thrombophilias are risk factors in patients with stage-5 CKD
Intrauterine exposure to methylphenidate is associated with a small increase in the risk of cardiac malformations

In Utero Methylphenidate Exposure Tied to Heart Defects

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Intrauterine exposure linked to small increase in risk of cardiac malformations based on U.S., Nordic data
Atopic dermatitis disease severity is associated with immunoglobulin G responses against Staphylococcus aureus antigens

Atopic Dermatitis Severity Tied to IgG Response to S. Aureus

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Children's responses directed against antigens with immune-modulatory functions
SERPINA1 DNA sequencing can identify alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

DNA Sequencing Identifies Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

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Six rare mutations identified in seven subjects that would not have been uncovered without sequencing