Aggressive Glucose Control in Patients With Diabetes and Kidney Disease Not Associated With Improved Survival
A study suggests that in the absence of randomized controlled trials, aggressive management of HbA1c levels in patients with diabetes and end-stage kidney failure is not warranted.
Medscape Medical News
Two Multistate Outbreaks of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli Infections Linked to Beef From a Single Slaughter Facility -- United States, 2008
How can e-coli outbreaks be prevented? This study looks at widespread illness resulting from tainted beef.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Problems With DCIS Misdiagnosis: When Cancer Is Not Cancer
Scary and emotional media reports about misdiagnosis and overtreatment of DCIS may keep women from getting recommended screening. Is it time for DCIS to be revisited?
Medscape Medical News
Protein Intake and Incident Frailty in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
The risk of frailty in older women, an increasingly important public health problem, may be lowered by simply increasing protein intake.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society