Professional Guidelines Have Limited Impact on Pre-Op Testing
Drop in routine electrocardiogram testing, but not in plain radiography, hematocrit, urinalysis
Ketorolac Doesn’t Reduce Pain With IUD Placement
But decrease in median pain scores at five and 15 minutes with ketorolac versus placebo
Parental Age Factors Linked to Autism Risk
Greater odds in children of teenage mothers, older mothers, and parents with big age gap
ADA: New Research Delves Into Genetic Risk for Obesity
Cells might be programmed in the womb to accumulate extra fat, researchers suggest
CDC: Vaccine Production for 2015-16 Flu Season Underway
Next season's vaccine includes last year's missing strain, H3N2
CDC Guidelines Update Treatment, Management of STDs
New guidelines address issues that were not discussed in 2010 guidelines
Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing
Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships
Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
FDA Panel Votes 18-6 to Approve Rx for Female Libido
Vote came after agency twice rejected medication due to side effects
Study IDs Surgical Never Events, Contributing Factors
Individual cognitive factors accounted for half of all contributing human factor nano-codes
