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For patients with coronary heart disease

Noncardiovascular Cause of Death More Common in CHD Patients

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Predictors of noncardiac death include older age, inducible ischemia, higher heart rate, statin nonuse
Use of donor milk is safe when appropriate measures are used to screen donors and collect

AAP Issues New Guidelines for Use of Human Donor Milk

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Methods of established milk banks should be utilized for all human-milk donors
Cervicovaginal secretions from pregnant and nonpregnant women contain HIV infectivity-linked immune mediators

Cervicovaginal Secretions Contain HIV-Linked Immune Mediators

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No difference in infectivity for pregnant and nonpregnant women
In older adults

Dysglycemia Affects Brain Structure, Cognition in Seniors

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Brain infarcts, white matter hyperintensities volume up; total white matter down
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Long-Term DPP4-Inhibitor Use Not Tied to Fracture Risk in T2DM

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No increase in risk of any fracture, osteoporotic or hip fractures with continuous long-term use
Poor functional status and having a Foley catheter preoperatively are associated with the risk of failure of transurethral resection of the prostate or transurethral laser incision of the prostate for treatment of bladder outlet obstruction

Preoperative Foley Cath Predicts TURP, TULIP Failure in Older Men

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Poor baseline functional status, pre-op Foley catheter linked to greater risk of failure at one year
For hepatitis C virus-infected patients

Diabetes Ups Risk of HCC, Death in Patients With Hepatitis C

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Diabetes increases risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with HCV
For nonmetastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Adjuvant Chemo Plus CRT Best in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Highest survival benefit for addition of AC to CRT, with consistent improvement for all end points
After actress Angelina Jolie's 2013 New York Times editorial that announced her preventive double mastectomy

BRCA Testing, Not Mastectomies, Up After Angelina Jolie Editorial

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More women tested for the BRCA genes but no corresponding increase in mastectomy rates
Pokémon Go provided a slight

No Long-Term Increase in Exercise Levels for Pokémon Go

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Study found the virtual reality game got adults moving -- but only for a while