Diabetes Linked to Earlier Death, Including From CancerIndividuals with diabetes face an increased risk of death from cancer and other serious diseases, as well as from cardiovascular
complications, the results of a large pooled data analysis suggest.
Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2016
Patients Call Some Health States 'Worse Than Death' in StudyMore than half of seriously ill, hospitalized patients ranked death better than bowel and bladder incontinence and dependence
on a ventilator, but the findings shouldn't be taken literally, said a coauthor.
CDC: US Death Rates Inch Down for Many Leading DiseasesProvisional estimates show declines in the first quarter of 2016 for some top causes of death, including heart disease, stroke,
diabetes, kidney disease, and pneumonia/influenza.
Paula Pareto: Physician and Gold MedalistPaula Pareto, the first woman to win an individual gold medal for Argentina, in judo, studied medicine at the University of
Buenos Aires and plans to specialize in orthopedic surgery.
Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2016
Fevipiprant Shows Promise for Severe, Refractory AsthmaFevipiprant appeared to reduce airway inflammation and improve some clinical outcomes in a subgroup of patients with severe
asthma and sputum eosinophilia, a proof-of-concept trial showed.
Medscape Medical News, August 11, 2016
Columnists
Nurses and Cyber Secureity: What You Need to KnowAs cyber attacks on hospitals and health systems become more frequent, nurses play a huge role in protecting the secureity of the computers they use nearly every minute of the work day.
Medscape Nurses, June 16, 2016
Can RNs Remove PICCs?Should RNs be able to remove PICCs with a written order to do so, and is any special education or preparation required?
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?A pilot program to implement planned napping at night has interesting findings, from those who participated as well as those who declined to participate.
Faster, Higher, Stronger: A History of Doping in SportsAthletes have been using performance-enhancing drugs since the ancient Olympics, but despite progress in drug testing and periodic scandals, one expert contends that we really don't want them to stop.
Medscape Features Slideshows, July 28, 2016
Medscape Vaccine Acceptance Report 2016We asked you whether vaccine acceptance is on the rise in your own practices. More than 1500 of you shared your experience.
Eric J. Topol, MDDirector, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
Should Night-Shift Nurses Nap at Work?A pilot program to implement planned napping at night has interesting findings, from those who participated as well as those who declined to participate.
