Decreasing Serum Sodium Ups Liver Transplant Survival
Survival benefit for patients with MELD >11; no benefit seen for patients with MELD scores of ≤11
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations Down From 2002 to 2011
Increase in age of those hospitalized, and in percent of hospitalizations covered by Medicare
Triglycerides Significantly Elevated in Women With GDM
High triglyceride levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus persist across trimesters
Anxiety Moderates Amyloid-β Association With Cognition
Correlation moderated by elevated anxiety symptoms; greater decline in high-anxiety group
Teledermoscopy Feasible, Effective for Monitoring Nevi
Diagnostic concordance 0.87 between conventional office-based visits, teledermoscopy encounters
PCBs, Phthalates Linked to Earlier Menopause
Association with higher exposures to organic pollutants in household items, environment
Results Appear Promising for Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Vaccine works against Zaire strain of Ebola currently circulating in West Africa
Leptin May Mediate Knee-Related Osteoarthritis
The inflammatory adipokine may account for about half of the effect of BMI on knee osteoarthritis
Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram
Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography
Core Needle Biopsy Helpful With Cervical Lymphadenopathy
Findings compared to fine-needle aspiration cytology, especially for lymphoma