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An intensive lifestyle intervention can reduce gastrointestinal symptoms among overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Improves GI Symptoms in T2DM

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Improvements in gastrointestinal symptoms greatest during first year, which also sees most weight loss
Repeated antibiotic use is linked to greater weight gains in children

Childhood Antibiotics Rx Tied to Weight Gain Through Adolescence

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Study finds link between repeated use in children and slightly higher weights in teen years
Operative vaginal delivery remains an important component of modern labor management

ACOG: Operative Vaginal Delivery Remains Appropriate

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Operative vaginal delivery accounted for 3.3 percent of all deliveries in 2013
Eight reasons associated with patient's intentional nonadherence to medications have been identified in a report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA: Eight Reasons for Nonadherence to Medications

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Reasons include fear of side effects, costs, misunderstanding of the need for medications
Most cow's milk allergic patients undergoing oral immunotherapy are able to consume cow's milk protein regularly without significant adverse reactions

Oral Immunotherapy Seems Beneficial for Cow’s Milk Allergy

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Most patients are able to consume cow's milk protein regularly without serious adverse effects
People over 65 who eat more fish

Larger Brain Volume Associated With Mediterranean Diet

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Seniors who ate more foods tied to the eating plan, especially fish, had more volume
Children exposed to secondhand smoke at 4 months of age may be at risk for tooth decay by age 3

Secondhand Smoke in Infancy May Harm Children’s Teeth

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Exposure increases risk of cavities, researchers report
There is no clear evidence that operative treatment improves short-term outcome for complete acromioclavicular joint dislocation

AC Joint Dislocation Heals Well Without Surgery

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Nonsurgical treatment brings fewer complications and shorter recovery time, researchers say
Ultrasound is highly accurate for diagnosing the presence and type of groin hernia

Ultrasound Highly Accurate for Diagnosing Groin Hernia

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Improvement in sensitivity, specificity, overall accuracy of US from pre-2011 to 2011 and onward
Metformin use at high doses seems to be associated with increases in height among children

High-Dose Metformin Linked to Increases in Child Height

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Dose-response relationship between metformin use and increases in height in children, teens