Review Finds Vitamin D Beneficial for Patients With Asthma
Reduction in rate of exacerbations requiring systemic corticosteroids or requiring ER/hospital visit
A-Fib Contributes to Wide Range of Other Health Conditions
Review links atrial fibrillation to increased risk for cardiovascular events, kidney disease, not just stroke
Oral Contraceptives May Be Cause of Drop in Ovarian CA Mortality
Rates down 16 percent in U.S., 8 percent in Canada, and 10 percent in Europe over a decade
More Diabetes-Associated, Non-Associated Autoantibodies in T1D
Systemic immune mediators negatively correlated with diabetes-associated autoantibody titers
AAFP Downgrades USPSTF CRC Screening Recommendation
AAFP recommends fecal immunochemical tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy
Rise in Endogenous Klebsiella pneumoniae Endophthalmitis
Rising trends of EKPE in major centers in Australia; source of sepsis was hepatic abscess in all cases
Infective Endocarditis From Injection Drug Use Increasing
Increase especially high among young, white, and female patients
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Best IDs Melanoma on Head, Neck
Second study shows that different melanomas have distinct RCM morphological characteristics
Dapagliflozin Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes
Decrease in basal glucose oxidation; increases in lipid oxidation, plasma ketone concentration
Folic Acid-Fortified Food Tied to Drop in Congenital Heart Defects
Canadian study found that structural problems saw biggest declines
