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Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) vapor condensate is significantly more toxic to alveolar macrophages than e-cigarette liquid

E-Cigarette Vapor Condensate Toxic to Alveolar Macrophages

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Vapor condensate cytotoxic at lower concentrations than e-cigarette liquid, results in increased apoptosis
Pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease have higher global cerebral blood flow and regional differences in cerebral blood flow

Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in Pediatric Patients With CKD

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Pediatric patients with CKD showed higher global CBF attributed to reduced hematocrit level
Significant improvements in neonatal abstinence syndrome outcomes can result from a comprehensive quality improvement program

QI Program Can Up Outcomes for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Decreases in pharmacologic treatment, adjunctive agent use, hospital length of stay, opioid tx days
Little excess risk of death is seen for patients with type 2 diabetes with five risk-factor variables within target ranges

Risk of Death Not Up in T2DM When Risk Factors Within Target

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Little or no excess risk of death, MI, stroke for those with five risk-factor variables within target ranges
From 2014 to 2017 there was an increase in tianeptine exposure calls reported by poison control centers to the National Poison Data System

CDC: Increase in Tianeptine Exposures From 2014 to 2017

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Most commonly reported health effects were neurologic, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal
First-year residents experience worsening sleep duration and quality as well as daytime sleepiness

Residents’ Sleep Deteriorates During Training

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Worsening seen for sleep duration, quality of sleep, and daytime sleepiness
A U.S. National Institutes of Health oversight panel will no longer review all applications for gene therapy experiments

NIH Panel Will No Longer Review Gene Therapy Experiments

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FDA will now assess gene therapy experiments and products as it does with other treatments, drugs
Doctors recently removed a contact lens that was embedded in a woman's eyelid for nearly three decades after she was hit in the eye while playing badminton. The case was highlighted in the Aug. 10 online edition of BMJ Case Reports.

Doctors Remove Contact Lens Embedded in Eyelid for Years

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Lens was encapsulated within the upper eyelid soft tissue since childhood eye trauma
Brucella canis is an under-recognized infection in dogs that poses a threat to human health

CDC: Brucellosis in Dogs Remains a Public Health Risk

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Infection is under-recognized, may remain a threat without stronger intervention measures
Methylphenidate should be considered as a first choice for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents

Methylphenidate Good First-Choice Pediatric ADHD Drug

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For adults, amphetamines are reasonable first choice to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder