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Gene Could Cause Missed Diabetes Diagnosis in African Americans The largest study of its kind finds a variant in G6PD gene could lead to inaccurate HbA1c results and missed type 2 diagnoses in African Americans. One in 10 black men, and one in 100 black women, could be affected.
Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2017
AHA/ASA Advisory Outlines Seven Steps to Brain Health Seven 'simple' steps previously used to promote cardiovascular health have now been chosen as metrics to define optimal brain health, according to a new AHA/ASA advisory.
Medscape Medical News, September 13, 2017
CBC Is Not Reliable for Screening Febrile Infants Despite widespread use, a complete blood count alone cannot reliably identify febrile infants with invasive bacterial infections, a new study has found.
Stable Weight Loss 12 Years After RYGB; 50% Had Diabetes RemissionA study of severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a US center finds weight loss was sustained from 6
to 12 years with better metabolic parameters, but with a rare increased risk of suicide.
Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2017
Palliative Care Curbs Depression and Trauma in HSCT PatientsA brief, inpatient palliative care intervention reduced both depression and PTSD symptoms in patients undergoing hematopoietic
stem cell transplant (HSCT), with sustained effects at 6 months.
Red Meat and Poultry Tied to Increased Type 2 Diabetes RiskA Singapore study suggests eating dark poultry meat, as well as red meat, may be linked to increased type 2 diabetes risk;
an expert stresses overall lifestyle for disease prevention .
Medscape Medical News, September 21, 2017
Dietary Supplement With Ketones May Mitigate Migraine AttacksAmong patients with migraine, daily dietary supplementation with ketones raised blood ketone levels and reduced the monthly
number of attacks by half, preliminary trial results have shown.
Do Tattoos Raise the Risk for Cancer?Components of the ink in tattoos migrate from the skin to the lymph nodes, leading to chronic enlargement, but the health
risk has yet to be determined.
Medscape Medical News, September 21, 2017
Perspective
2017-2018 Influenza Vaccination RecommendationsThe latest CDC influenza vaccination recommendations outline which vaccine products should--and which should not--be used
to protect against flu this season.
Should Physicians Educate Patients via Social Media?More patients are going online to get health information and some of the information on the Internet is not scientific. What can physicians do to educate patients via social media?
Medscape Business of Medicine, September 21, 2017
How Residents Cope: Binging, Drinking, Sports, and FriendsOvereating. Drinking. Antidepressants. These are a few of the coping mechanisms residents rely on to get through their stressful residencies. Are there any positive coping strategies?
Medscape Business of Medicine, September 20, 2017
Columnists
Let's Beat Big TobaccoWe need to offer practical alternatives to smoking cigarettes, says Dr Lundberg, and now we can.
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
