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Intellectual enrichment (high education and high midlife cognitive activity) has effects on biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Active Mind May Delay Alzheimer Symptoms, but Not Disease

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High midlife cognitive activity tied to lower amyloid deposition in APOE4 carriers with high education
For men with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy

Lower 25-OH D Tied to Adverse Pathology in Full Prostatectomy

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Insufficiency/deficiency of serum 25-OH D linked to increased odds of adverse pathology
Plasma branched-chain amino acids are associated with insulin sensitivity and metabolic clearance rate of insulin

Plasma Branched-Chain Amino Acids Linked to Insulin Sensitivity

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Correlation significantly modified by ethnicity; only significant in Caucasians and Hispanics
Fourteen U.S. cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC: 14 Potential New Cases of Zika Sexually Transmitted

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Men who've recently traveled to endemic areas should abstain from sex or use a condom, agency says
If current HIV rates continue

CDC: One in Two Black Men Who Have Sex With Men May Get HIV

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New national report highlights groups most at risk for the AIDS-causing virus
The first rapid detection test for the Zika virus has been developed by teams at two Texas hospitals.

First Rapid Test for Zika Virus Detection Developed in Texas

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But it will only be available at hospitals that developed it for now, research team says
A monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine can reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection

Reduced HIV-1 Infection Incidence With Vaginal Ring

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Monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine reduces risk of HIV-1 infection among African women
Many Ebola survivors have neurological symptoms that last long after other signs of the infection are gone

AAN: Ebola May Leave Lasting Neurological Symptoms

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Six months after active illness, headaches, memory loss, depression were still being reported
Introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine has correlated with a reduction in quadrivalent HPV type prevalence among females aged 14 to 19 and 20 to 24 years

4vHPV Type Prevalence Down After Vaccine Introduction

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Decreases of 64 percent for females aged 14 to 19 years, 34 percent for those aged 20 to 24 years
Recommendations have been developed for colorectal cancer screening in primary care. The guidelines were published online Feb. 22 in CMAJ

Recommendations Developed for CRC Screening in Primary Care

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Screening with gFOBT or flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces incidence of late-stage CRC, mortality