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About half of U.S. deaths caused by certain cancers -- including lung

Half of Cancer Deaths Due to Past, Current Smoking

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Eighty percent of lung cancer deaths linked to smoking, researchers say
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 is associated with glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and β-cell function in individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Low Serum 25(OH)D3 in Patients Newly Diagnosed With T2DM

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Serum 25(OH)D3 linked to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, β-cell function
Newly-minted physicians should consider the issues relating to paying off their loans versus investing for retirement

Article Weighs Paying Off Student Loans Versus Investment

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For young physicians, issues to consider include whether debt is stressful, interest rate on loans
Patients hospitalized with macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia are not more severely ill and do not have worse outcomes

Macrolide Resistance Doesn’t Impact Pneumonia Outcomes

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Patients hospitalized with macrolide-resistant S. pneumoniae not more severely ill at presentation
For most patients with chest pain and low to intermediate pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease

CCTA Reclassifies CAD Risk for Most Patients With Chest Pain

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Reclassification of 83 percent of patients with intermediate pretest probability of CAD
Government officials are advising U.S. health professionals to be alert for signs and symptoms of Middle East respiratory syndrome following an outbreak in South Korea.

CDC Advises U.S. Health Professionals to Be Alert for MERS

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Atypical presentations, including mild illness without fever, diarrheal illness, have been reported
For patients with cervical cancer

Tattoos Can Mimic Metastasis on PET-CT in Cervical Cancer

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Case report describes woman with extensive tattoos who had nodes ID'd as suspicious for metastases
Fc gamma receptor 3B (FCGR3B) copy number loss is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis

FCGR3B Copy Number Loss Ups SLE, Lupus Nephritis Risk

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Increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis with copy number loss, not gain
For women with polycystic ovary syndrome

β-Cell Function Linked to Inflammation in PCOS

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Research implicates inflammation in the impairment of β-cell function in PCOS
Genome-wide data can help classify subtypes of gliomas

Genome-Wide Data Can Classify Gliomas Into Subtypes

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Two studies show distinct molecular classes of gliomas based on genomic alterations