News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: September 1, 2015
Patients from the CARDIA study who were determined to have NAFLD (10% of 2,713: 271) were found to have significant myocardial dysfunction and remodel...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 31, 2015
Key clinical point: Alcohol and marijuana use is common in youth with chronic disease, and alcohol use is associated with nonadherence to treatmen...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 31, 2015
Key clinical point: Alcohol and marijuana use is common in youth with chronic disease, and alcohol use is associated with nonadherence to treatmen...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 27, 2015
Key clinical point: Nocturnal and awake oxygen saturations are higher in patients treated with hydroxyurea.
Major finding: The hydroxyurea SCD gro...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 24, 2015
Many children with Kawasaki disease (KD) have respiratory viruses and a positive viral PCR should not exclude a KD diagnosis.
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 22, 2015
Key clinical point: COPD patients with both airway thickening and emphysema have more hospitalizations and more severe dyspnea.
Major finding: Pat...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 13, 2015
Mobile health technology may encourage behavioral change.
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: August 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Some abdominal transplants are not possible because of failed DCD donation.
Major finding: At least one organ was successfully...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 26, 2015
Schizophrenia is associated with memory deficits and decreased hippocampal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation, according to a study recentl...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 17, 2015
Elevated interleukin-6 levels after major abdominal surgery are associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications.
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 16, 2015
Key clinical point: TEP inguinal hernia repair is associated with a low incidence of chronic pain.
Major finding: Utilizing the IPQ questionnaire,...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 9, 2015
Key clinical point: Early intervention in autism at ages 18-30 months showed sustained benefits at age 6 years.
Major finding: Two years after com...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Epilepsy is associated with increased risk of maternal death and complications surrounding delivery.
Major finding: Pregnant w...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: July 1, 2015
Key clinical point:Nucleoprotein antibodies possibly explain influenza vaccine associated narcolepsy.
Major finding: Patients with a history of Pa...
News Author: Shannon Aymes Publish date: June 29, 2015
Asymptomatic transmission may help explain the recent rise in incidence of Bordetella pertussis, according to a new study.
