Archive: 27/09/2018

Practices should set rules for staff social media use

(HealthDay)—Medical practices can take steps to avoid problems related to use of social media by staff members, according to an article published in Medical Economics.

Sep 27, 2018

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Q&A: Treatment with medical cannabis

Dear Mayo Clinic: Medical marijuana is now legal in the state where I live. What conditions can it be used for and how effective is it? Do people who use medical marijuana need to be concerned about addiction?

Sep 27, 2018

Time to defib not linked to survival in pediatric IHCA

(HealthDay)—For pediatric patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), time to first defibrillation attempt is not associated with survival, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

Sep 27, 2018

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Single agent treats two cancers with same genetic cause

(HealthDay)—A single checkpoint inhibitor can be used to successfully treat two simultaneous types of primary cancer in a patient with Lynch syndrome, according to a research letter published online Sept. 25 in the Annals ...

Sep 27, 2018

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Heading a soccer ball found to be riskier for female players

(HealthDay)—Female soccer players exhibit more widespread evidence of microstructural white matter alteration than males, despite having similar exposure to heading, according to a study recently published in Radiology.

Sep 27, 2018

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Grip strength tied to pulmonary function in older women

(HealthDay)—For older Korean women, handgrip strength is positively associated with pulmonary function, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Sep 27, 2018

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Having hospital palliative care doesn't impact Tx intensity

(HealthDay)—For adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), the availability of hospital-based palliative care is not associated with in-hospital treatment intensity, according to a study published in the September ...

Sep 27, 2018

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Therapy applied directly inside the eye best for treating uveitic macular edema

Delivery of corticosteroids directly into the eye is more effective than injections adjacent to the eye, according to results from a comparative clinical trial of macular edema in patients with noninfectious uveitis. The ...

Sep 27, 2018

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Confused about the term 'soy milk'? FDA wants to know

Do people understand the differences between milk and soy and rice "milk"?

Sep 27, 2018

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Unusual case of father-to-son HIV transmission reported

Diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in the 4-year old child of an HIV-negative mother led to a forensic analysis to determine the source of the infection and try to date the transmission of the virus. The results of genetic, phylogenetic, ...

Sep 27, 2018

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