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For patients undergoing resection for non-small cell lung cancer

More Frequent Surveillance No Benefit After NSCLC Resection

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More frequent postsurgical surveillance is not associated with improved survival
It may not be possible to bring the Ebola outbreak in Congo under control

CDC Director Says Congo Ebola Outbreak May Be Uncontainable

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Outbreak in North Kivu province is in its fourth month, and there have been nearly 300 cases
Cases of a polio-like condition that mainly affects children continue to rise this year in the United States

CDC: Cases of Polio-Like Illness Still Increasing in the U.S.

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219 possible cases of acute flaccid myelitis reported in 25 states
Administration of inhaled nitrite is not associated with improvement in exercise capacity compared with placebo among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Inhaled Nitrite Does Not Improve Exercise Capacity in HFpEF

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No significant difference in mean peak oxygen consumption in nitrite phase versus placebo phase
During 2013 to 2016

Over Two Million People Living With Hep C From 2013 to 2016

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Overall, 1.7 and 1.0 percent of all U.S. adults HCV antibody-positive and HCV RNA-positive
There were significant improvements in one-year survival among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis following Medicaid expansion with the Affordable Care Act

Medicaid Expansion Tied to Better Kidney Disease Survival

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Findings among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis
The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is much lower based on administrative data than chart review data

Pressure Ulcer Rates Only Decreasing for Less Severe Sores

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Hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates vary greatly depending on data sources
Following the 2007 American Heart Association update of recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) to prevent infective endocarditis (IE)

AHA: After 2007 Recs, Increase Seen in Infective Endocarditis

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Twenty percent drop in antibiotic prophylaxis, 177 percent increase in IE incidence for high-risk
For patients with low-risk thyroid cancer

Low-Dose Radiation Safe for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer

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No increased risk for recurrence with 1.1 GBq versus 3.7 GBq RAI at 3-, 5-, 7-year follow-up
The presence of visible fluorescence can serve as an intraoperative diagnostic surgical biomarker of high-grade glioma within a brain tumor

Fluorescence Can ID High-Grade Glioma During Sx for Brain Tumor

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Visible fluorescence shows presence of high-grade glioma cells within tumor mass during surgery