Personal Health Care Spending Continues to Soar in the U.S.
Highest spending on diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and low back and neck pain in 2013
Less Intense Surveillance OK for Some Prostate Cancer Cases
Patients on active surveillance with stable disease may be candidates for less intense surveillance
Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence Higher in Those With T2DM
Findings based on comparison to adult-onset autoimmune diabetes, controls
Single-Dose LMWH Can Interfere With Algorithm for DVT Diagnosis
Single dose given the previous day can reduce D-dimer and risk incorrectly ruling out DVT
Higher Oxidative Stress Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
Increasing odds ratios for metabolic syndrome with increasing quartiles of oxidized LDL after adjustment
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Show Promise for Torn Meniscus
First-in-human study shows clinical improvement for three patients with avascular meniscal tear
ASCO Updates Guideline for SNB in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Recommendations on use of sentinel node biopsy are unchanged from 2014
Peripartum Aortic Dissection Risk Factors Examined in Marfan Sx
High risk of aortic dissection, even with tight control of blood pressure and heart rate
Higher AlphaB-Crystallin Levels Linked to Diabetic Retinopathy
Findings imply that alphaB-crystallin may be involved in diabetic retinopathy angiogenesis
Mouthwash May Be Useful for Gonorrhea Control
Listerine significantly reduces the amount of N. gonorrhoeae on the pharyngeal surface
