CDC: ~8 Percent of U.S. Adults Nonadherent Due to Rx Costs
Patients skipping doses, taking less medication or delaying filling prescriptions
Sleeping Well in Middle Age May Pay Off Later in Life
Better functioning reported decades afterward, researchers find
Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Higher Risk of Hypertension
Risk up with regularly taking longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep
Benefit of Noninvasive Tests in Non-MI Chest Pain Questioned
Such screenings don't predict who will have a future cardiovascular event, researchers report
Chlorhexidine Bathing Doesn’t Cut Health Care-Linked Infections
No difference in primary outcome for bathing with chlorhexidine versus nonantimicrobial cloth
Sedation Protocol Doesn’t Reduce Duration of Ventilation in PICU
No reduction in duration of mechanical ventilation for children with sedation protocol versus usual care
STS: Blood Transfusions in CABG Could Raise Pneumonia Risk
But overall rate under 4 percent
Early Alert Intervention Cuts Heart Failure Readmission
Significant reduction in 30-day readmission after implementation of early alert system
Studies Highlight Tools for Diagnosis of COPD
Tools include FEV1/FVC and laryngeal height plus Lung Function Questionnaire
ASCO Reports Biggest Clinical Cancer Advances for 2015
The advance of the year is approval of four new therapies for treatment of CLL
