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Many health care providers don't follow guidelines meant to reduce the risk of infection from arterial catheter placement in intensive care unit patients

Low Adherence to Guidelines for Prevention of Catheter Infections

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Only 44 percent of health care providers said they follow CDC recommendations
Longer colonoscopy withdrawal time is associated with lower risk for colorectal cancer over five years

Longer Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time May Cut Cancer Risk

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Viewing time of less than six minutes linked to higher cancer rates
More than nine out of 10 U.S. children entered kindergarten last school year protected with the proper immunizations

CDC: Most U.S. Children Getting Vaccinated

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But some states still have exemption rates that exceed national average
Excision repair cross-complementing group 1 genotype for the single nucleotide polymorphism cytosine-to-thymine substitution at codon 118 interacts with post-radiotherapy plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA to identify favorable prognosis for a subgroup of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

ERCC1 SNP Can Identify Good Prognosis in Nasopharyngeal CA

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ERCC1 C118T genotype may identify good prognosis in subgroup of pEBV-negative patients
Patients with psoriasis are at higher risk of developing arrhythmia

Psoriasis Patients at Higher Risk for Arrhythmia

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Findings in patients with mild, severe disease and with/without psoriatic arthritis
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Patient Satisfaction Up for Dulaglutide Treatment in T2DM

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Improvement in patient satisfaction, decrease in perceived frequency of hyperglycemia
The nonlinear relationships for low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with major adverse cardiovascular events seen in rheumatoid arthritis patients do not differ from those in non-rheumatoid arthritis controls

Nonlinear Link for LDL, HDL With MACE Similar in RA, Non-RA

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Nonlinear relationships seen in RA patients do not differ significantly from non-RA controls
More patients with nonceliac wheat sensitivity and celiac disease than irritable bowel syndrome develop autoimmune diseases

Many With Nonceliac Wheat Sensitivity Have Autoimmune Dz

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Higher proportion of patients with NCWS, celiac versus irritable bowel syndrome have autoimmune dz
An experimental blood test may one day detect the return of early-stage breast cancer months before it is revealed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging

Blood Test Predicts Relapse in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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Circulating tumor DNA analysis spots stray cells months before scans detect recurrence
The risk of death

Sleep Deprived Surgeons Appear to Be Self-Regulating Well

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Review indicates that doctors who operate the night before another surgery do well