Medscape Today News

• Preterm Infants: Risk for Death Estimated More Precisely A new model to predict mortality rates among very low birth weight infants takes into account not only gestational age but also sex, sex-specific birth-weight percentile, and lack of prenatal steroid therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Do Glaucoma, Erectile Dysfunction Have a Common Cause? Men with erectile dysfunction have 3 times the risk for open-angle glaucoma as men without erectile dysfunction.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Meningococcal Vaccine Effective Against Serogroup B The 4CMenB vaccine provides broad protection against serogroup B when given in 2 different schedules, either with or separately from routine vaccinations.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Cefpodoxime No Match for Ciprofloxacin in Acute Cystitis Cefpodoxime for 3 days failed to measure up to 3 days of ciprofloxacin in treating women with acute cystitis in a randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• New President Has Vision for the AAO Dr. Ruth Williams promises to safeguard the interests of ophthalmology providers in an environment that is witnessing rapid change to eye care delivery and compensation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• AAOS Orthopaedic Trauma Volume Drops as Unemployment Rate Rises The higher the unemployment rate, the lower the number of orthopaedic trauma cases presenting at the emergency department.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• ISC CT/CTA a Practical Way to Assess Recurrent Stroke Risk For hospitals that lack ready access to MRI, using CT/CT angiography to assess intra- and extracranial vasculature is a good way to predict risk of recurrent stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Older Parents More Likely to Have an Autistic Child Children born to a parent over age 35 are at greater risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder -- and the risk is the same whether just one or both parents are older.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2012
• Close INR Monitoring When Warfarin Users Add Antibiotic An analysis of Medicare data has shown that adults taking warfarin had a twofold increased risk of serious bleeding when an antibiotic was introduced.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2012
• Stent Thrombosis at Coronary Bifurcations: Worse Prognosis A new study confirms what many cardiologists would probably guess: stent thrombosis at coronary bifurcations is a bad problem.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2012
• Benefits of Statins Outweigh Musculoskeletal Effects In a cohort of people without arthritis, musculoskeletal pain, most often in the legs and lower back, was reported 33% more often by those using statins.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2012
• Obesity and Daily Pain Linked, Study Finds The 1 million-person Gallup poll suggests excess weight makes Americans prone to higher rates of pain.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Physical Punishment Harms Children’s Long-Term Development Physical punishment, including spanking and slapping, can damage a child's long-term development and increase the risk of aggression, antisocial behavior, and mental illness, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Obama Administration Makes Greater Investment in Alzheimer's The US government today announced a commitment of $156 million over the course of the next 2 years to fight Alzheimer's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• AAOS Vitamin D Deficiency in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients More than three quarters of orthopaedic trauma patients had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in a study presented at AAOS.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• WIP Parasagittal Lumbar Steroid Injection Safest, Most Effective A new study finds that the parasagittal approach combines the safety of a midline approach and the efficacy of transforaminal techniques.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• ISC AXIS-2: G-CSF Fails to Improve Recovery After Stroke AX200, a novel neuroprotectant, was no better than placebo in improving functional outcomes in phase 2 testing.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• ISC Wake-Up Stroke Patients May Still Benefit from Thrombolysis A new study shows tPA was safe for patients who woke up with stroke symptoms, a population not normally treated since they could exceed the 4.5-hour window.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2012
• Alert Hard-Boiled Egg Recall Hits 34 States The recall of cooked eggs, prepared salads, and sandwiches is due to listeria contamination.
  News Alerts, February 2012
• War Savings for 'Doc Fix' Complicated by Congressional Rules Congressional rules could get in the way of using war savings to fix Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula.
  Kaiser Health News, February 2012