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No Link for Coffee Consumption and Atrial Fibrillation
True even among those with the highest levels of coffee consumption
Ebselen Shows Potential for Drug-Resistant Clostridium difficile
Mouse study finds treatment safe and effective; currently unknown if therapy will help in humans
Orthostatic Hypotension Could Signal Neurological Disease
Could serve as an early indicator of a degenerative brain disease such as Parkinson's or dementia
Subclavian Vein Catheterization Beats Jugular, Femoral Placement
Reduces risk of blood infection, deep-vein thrombosis among critically ill
Fewer Multiple Embryos With Femara in Unexplained Infertility
But also lower frequency of live birth, compared with gonadotropin
Sleep-Time Ambulatory BP Predicts New-Onset Diabetes
And, ingestion of hypertension medications at bedtime linked to reduced risk of new-onset diabetes
Preoperative Breast MRI Use Increased From 2003 to 2012
Eight-fold increase during 10-year period; MRI use linked to more ancillary investigations
Very Premature Infants Benefit From Later Cord Clamping
Better blood pressure, less need for transfusions with delayed clamping
New Technology Helps Paralyzed Man Walk
Brain signals travel via computer that sends message to the legs, bypassing the spinal cord
Shorter Antibiotic Prophylaxis Doesn’t Raise Infection Rates
Findings based upon ≤24 hours versus six days of antibiotics with percutaneous nephrolithotomy
