The American Medical Association (AMA) voted to adopt new policies on emerging issues in public health at its Annual Meeting.
Although total mortality is higher among elderly patients, rates of appropriate shocks from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are similar across age groups.
Penicillin skin testing can be used to identify whether patients will tolerate β-lactam, with a negative predictive value of 100%.
For patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, preoperative MRI signal changes are predictive of baseline neurologic status and postoperative recovery.
Depressive symptoms and antidepressant use correlate with body mass index, waist circumference, and biomarkers of glucose dysregulation and inflammation.
Secondhand smoke exposure, in childhood or adulthood, is associated with an increased rate of type 2 diabetes in women.
Patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) have white matter abnormalities that are similar to those in early Alzheimer's dementia, with abnormalities correlating with post-concussion symptoms.
Procysbi (cysteamine bitartrate delayed-release capsules; Raptor) has been made available for the management of nephropathic cystinosis.
For men with chronic, intermittent sleep restriction, three nights of weekend sleep extension correlate with improved insulin sensitivity.
Most children genetically at risk of developing type 1 diabetes will develop the disease if they seroconvert to multiple islet autoantibodies.