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Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography is significantly more sensitive and equally specific compared with traditional computed tomography imaging for evaluation of the regional lymph node basin in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma, according to research published online May 2 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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The lifetime prevalence of nocturnal wandering with abnormal state of consciousness is approximately 30 percent in the U.S. general population, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of Neurology.
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For patients with type 2 diabetes without evidence of retinopathy, increasing the screening interval to every two years yields no increased risk of retinopathy-mediated vision loss and reduces screening costs, according to a study published online May 7 in Diabetes Care.
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For patients with acute sinusitis, inhaled corticosteroids provide a small benefit over placebo but only after several weeks, according to a study published in the May/June issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
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Poor executive performance, as measured with the Trail Making Test-A and -B, can identify elderly men who are at higher risk of death after a first-ever stroke, according to a study published online May 9 in BMJ Open.
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High-volume endovascular stroke centers provide faster times to treatment, and patients are more likely to have good clinical outcomes and successful reperfusion, according to a study published online May 13 in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
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Less than half of patients who suffer an acute myocardial infarction receive instruction regarding resuming sexual activity on hospital discharge, with those who do not receive instruction more likely to report loss of sexual activity, according to a study published in the May 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology.
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For patients with acute or persistent low back pain, pain and disability improve in the first six weeks of treatment, but low-to-moderate pain and disability tend to persist at one year, according to a review published online May 14 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.
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For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acupuncture appears to improve dyspnea on exertion, according to a study published online May 14 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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The 2012 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology was held from May 6 to 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and attracted approximately 12,400 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals,...
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Poor, pregnant women who receive multiple micronutrient supplementation, including iron and folic acid, with early food supplementation, have substantially improved infant survival, compared to women in a standard program, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a theme issue on global health.
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All-cause adult mortality declined more substantially in African countries in which the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program operated more intensively between 2004 and 2008, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a theme issue on global health.
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Changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics were associated with changes in biomarkers linked to cardiovascular disease in healthy young people, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a theme issue on global health.
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Micron-sized solar panel-like devices implanted underneath the retina of rats can generate electrical signals and may allow vision to be restored in individuals with degenerative eye diseases, according to a study published online May 13 in Nature Photonics.
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Additional schooling is associated with a small reduction in mortality, but only after 40 years of age, according to a study published online May 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
