No change in health or education outcomes following implementation of duty-hour restrictions
1. In these two retrospective studies, there was no difference in 30-day mortality, readmissions, or serious morbidity among medical or...
Hospice associated with reduced healthcare utilization in cancer patients
1. Individuals with poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care had fewer hospital admissions, intensive care unit stays, invasive procedures, and...
Adding sargramostim to ipilimumab may improve survival in advanced melanoma
1. Adding sargramostim to ipilimumab for advanced melanoma resulted in improvement in overall survival and fewer adverse events when compared...
Frozen fecal transplant effective for Clostridium difficile infection
1. A frozen fecal microbiotia transplant was effective in resolving diarrhea in individuals with refractory or recurrent Clostridium difficile infection....
Antibiotic use prevalent among hospitalized patients in the US
1. About 50% of hospitalized individuals in the United States received antibiotics in 2011. 2. Vancomycin was the most commonly...
Vitamin D supplementation in the ICU does not improve outcomes [VITdAL-ICU trial]
1. Vitamin D supplementation did not change length of ICU or hospital stay among individuals with vitamin D deficiency in...
Climate change has important impact on health
1. The number of days over 90 degrees Fahrenheit per year will increase 2-3 fold from 1960-1999 to 2046-2056 in...
Low carb and low fat diets most effective for weight loss
1. Low carbohydrate and low fat diets yielded the greatest amount of weight loss at 6 and 12 months when...
Collaborative model effective in treating teen depression
1. The utilization of a collaborative care model for adolescents with depression resulted in a greater symptomatic improvement at 12...
Economic incentives effective in increasing male circumcision rates in Kenya
1. Economic incentives in the form of food vouchers covering the value of transportation, plus at least 1-2 days of...
