Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 5, 2016
Patients treated at high-performing hospitals lived, on average, 0.74-1.14 years longer after acute MI than do those treated at low-performing hosp...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 5, 2016
The largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in more than 2 decades could have been better controlled if clinicians had recognized the index cases earl...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 5, 2016
Rivaroxaban is associated with significantly more intra- and extracranial bleeding than is dabigatran in older patients who have nonvalvular atrial...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 5, 2016
In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation, use of a cerebral protection device to entrap and remove embolic debris reduced bot...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 4, 2016
Variations on or near the NPC1L1 gene were associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 4, 2016
Several simple, inexpensive operational interventions substantially improve care for viral hepatitis.
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 4, 2016
OnabotulinumtoxinA decreased daily episodes of urinary incontinence by a small amount, compared with sacral neuromodulation, but did not appear to ...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 3, 2016
Psoriasis was not consistently associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes across nine studies in a systematic review of the literature, but four of...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 1, 2016
A 1-week course of antibiotics is sufficient for most hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia, regardless of the microbial etiology o...
Article Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: October 1, 2016
Topics include: Autism follow-up screening • Gallstone disease and heart risk • HER2 -testing guidelines • Weight loss and T...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 28, 2016
Adding a single IV dose of azithromycin to standard antibiotic prophylaxis further reduces maternal infections without increasing neonatal adverse out...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 28, 2016
Key clinical point: A frameshift mutation in the CSF2RB gene that is common in Ashkenazi Jews has been linked to Crohn’s disease. Major findi...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 28, 2016
Several simple, inexpensive operational interventions substantially improve care for viral hepatitis.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 27, 2016
Key clinical point: Endovascular thrombectomy started within 7.3 hours of symptom onset for large-vessel ischemic stroke produces better outcomes ...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: September 21, 2016
Key clinical point: The three main approaches for treating localized prostate cancer yield similar efficacy outcomes but different quality-of-life...
