Breastfeeding Tied to Lower Odds of Childhood Leukemia
One more potential benefit for breastfed babies, research suggests
Women With HTN, Diabetes Less Likely to Use Alternative Rx
Lower odds for consulting complementary and alternative medicine practitioner, taking CAM
TBI Linked to Parkinson’s Risk in Patients Aged ≥55 Years
Dose-response associations identified for traumatic brain injury severity and frequency
Inverse Link for Coffee Intake, Cholecystectomy Risk
Association for premenopausal women, those using HRT but not for other women or for men
ICD-10-CM Challenges ID’d for Emergency Medicine Physicians
Twenty-three percent of convoluted codes were found to be clinically incorrect
Revisits for 8.3 Percent of Patients With Index ER Visit
About one-third of revisits occur at different institutions; revisit rates highest for skin infection
RA-Related Issues Impede Smoking Cessation
Smoking used as distraction from pain, coping mechanism for frustration of living with RA
ASPS: Bariatric Surgeries Leading to Rise in Cosmetic Procedures
Procedures associated with major weight loss increased the most in four years
American College of Sports Medicine, May 26-30
The American College of Sports Medicine 61st Annual Meeting and 4th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine The annual meeting of the American...
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Cuts Kidney Injury Risk
Findings among patients at high risk of acute kidney injury, undergoing cardiac surgery