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GLP-1 receptor agonists may help reduce cravings and increase satisfaction while eating

ADA: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists May Help Reduce Food Cravings

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GLP-1 receptors appear to change brain's response to food, researchers say
Larazotide acetate 0.5 mg is associated with improvement in symptoms of celiac disease

Larazotide Acetate 0.5 mg Found Beneficial in Celiac Disease

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Improvements in signs and symptoms of disease for adult patients on gluten-free diet
Chronic pain care providers are high risk targets for violence

Pain Care Providers at High Risk for Violence

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A significant number of physicians carry firearms as a mitigation strategy
Having acknowledged that the 2014-15 flu vaccine was mismatched to the circulating influenza strains

CDC: Vaccine Production for 2015-16 Flu Season Underway

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Next season's vaccine includes last year's missing strain, H3N2
New recommendations have been provided to update the 2010 guidelines on the treatment and management of sexually transmitted diseases. The 2015 guidelines are available online in the June 5 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

CDC Guidelines Update Treatment, Management of STDs

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New guidelines address issues that were not discussed in 2010 guidelines
New guidelines can enable successful physician hospital relationships and integrated leadership

AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships

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Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
A fairly simple scoring system appears to accurately estimate patients' risk of dying within a year of hospitalization

Scoring System Helps Predict Post-Hospital Mortality

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For now, researchers see this as a tool for hospital comparisons, not patient care
The majority of adults presenting to the emergency department with low-risk pulmonary embolism are eligible for outpatient treatment

Most ER Patients With Low-Risk PE Eligible for Outpatient Tx

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Increased frequency of 30-day adverse events for patients with contraindications to outpatient tx
Among older men

Obesity Has Negative Impact on Metabolic Quality of Muscle

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In obese, muscle protein synthesis is blunted; offset by decline in leg protein breakdown
Implementation of standardized communication processes can improve the reliability of verbal communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at hospital discharge

Intervention Boosts Hospital Discharge Communication

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Process standardization increased percentage of calls initiated within 24 hours of discharge