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Research shows that a follow-up strategy designed specifically for patients who visit the hospital with atrial fibrillation reduces future admissions and patient deaths more than a general follow-up plan.

Recently published interoperability standards for diabetes devices such as continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps should enhance diabetes management and advance research.

Microvascular disease is a concern in patients with diabetes, and follows hyperglycemia-induced endothelial damage or endothelial dysfunction. Diabetic neuropathy is the most prominent microvascular consequence of diabetes, and often, the foot is involved.

Dynamic physical activity and weight-bearing exercise are crucial to good bone health. Can we recreate musculoskeletal loading's anabolic effects in frail individuals who cannot exercise?

The 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline for management of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk identified adults who could benefit from moderate- to high-intensity statin use.

The FDA issued a safety warning for the MS drug Tecfidera after a patient died from a rare brain disease while taking no other medications.

A high-flavanol diet was associated with less age-related memory decline in a Columbia University Medical Center study published in Nature Neuroscience.

Researchers at the Society for Neuroscience conference presented study results showing that a blood test can predict Alzheimer's disease up to a decade before onset.

In the first documented instance of its kind, a child was recently successfully treated for severe anaphylaxis triggered by eating an orange.

New research contradicts earlier findings that race is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation but finds that excess body fat may be riskier than anyone realized if that fat is stored around the heart.

According to the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee, there is no consistent evidence showing that the use of testosterone replacement therapy increases the risk of heart problems in men with low testosterone.

Despite promising results in preclinical data and single-center trials, a multinational Phase III trial of progesterone administered to patients with traumatic brain injury showed no clinical benefit, according to a research published Dec. 10 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Officials at a Swiss hospital today announced they are temporarily halting trials of VSV-ZEBOV, the Ebola vaccine from Merck and NewLink. The trial is being conducted at Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve. The trials will resume on Jan. 5, 2015. The decision was made after 4 volunteers developed mild joint pain in their hands and feet from 10 to 15 days after being vaccinated. There are 59 volunteers participating in the trial at the Swiss site.

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a new tool for deciding when hospitals should admit patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation and when they should send them home.

The US Food and Drug Administration today approved Merck's Gardasil 9, a vaccine that offers protection against 5 more types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) than original Gardasil. In addition to preventing cervical, vulvar, vaginal and anal cancers caused by HPV types 16 and 18 (those prevented by the older version of Gardasil) Gardasil 9 also prevents those cancers caused by HPV strains 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.

New research bolsters the case that testosterone plays a vital role in brain function and that age-related declines in testosterone are associated with age-related declines in cognitive ability.

Preterm births and low birth weight were linked to a mother's rheumatoid arthritis status, a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology concluded.

Study results show that although the use of oral contraceptives has no effect on the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, it may prevent the disease from progressing in severity.

Binge-drinking is a national problem, but it is a bigger concern for some states than others. The national rate dropped slightly in the US this year with 16.8% of US adults reporting they had such episodes in the past 30 days. That's down from 16.9% in 2013, according to America's Health Rankings, an annual survey that assesses the nation's health. But in some states the rate is far higher.

Researchers report a nearly 25% increase in the number of emergency room vistis for atrial fibrillation.

Researchers created a virtual breast that can be used to practice elastography ultrasound skills and interpret the results.

A survey of more than 400 pediatricians and internists revealed a surprising lack of knowledge about current allergy treatment guidelines.

Teens who smoke tobacco through hookahs or use a trendy Swedish form of snuff called snus (rhymes with loose) are at higher risk of taking up smoking, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. Hookahs have already been shown to deliver toxic substances like benzene, posing a direct threat to the health of users. But the new study by researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH shows using the devices is associated with a greater likelihood the user will switch to cigarettes.

US airport screenings of international passengers arriving in the US have yet to turn up a single person infected with the Ebola virus, according to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC). But from a public health standpoint, they have been worthwhile, the CDC said today in a special report in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review

In an effort to speed development of promising Ebola vaccines, US Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell today invoked the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act. The law protects drug developers from legal claims related to the manufacture, testing, development, distribution and administration of 3 vaccine candidates.

A Stanford University research team has developed mobile hepatitis B testing that can be conducted at home or in remote locations.

Incentivizing the smoking cessation process increases the adherence rates, according to findings published in the American Journal of Public Health.

New research casts doubt upon the fear that testosterone replacement therapy increases the risk that men will develop prostate cancer, even if men use such therapy for years.

Gastric bypass surgery has been shown to improve quality of life for overweight and obese patients in a number of ways, including improving insulin sensitivity. Surgery combined with exercise has been shown to produce even greater benefits. A recent study evaluated the link between the two approaches and their effect on overall insulin sensitivity.

Ron Klain, who was appointed "Ebola czar" on Oct. 17, will head back to his private sector work as president of Case Holdings and general counsel for Case's Revolution LLC no later than March 1.