Electronic health record-based alerts to clinicians, to remind them their pediatric and adolescent asthma patients need an influenza vaccine, result in only a small improvement in vaccine delivery. Reuters Health Information
A large, prospective cohort study shows that infants with a birth weight of more than 4.54 kg had an increased risk for the development of rheumatoid arthritis as an adult. Medscape Medical News
Pretreatment with high doses of folic acid can reduce ischemic myocardial dysfunction and post-reperfusion injury, the results of an animal study suggest. Reuters Health Information
Rick Kulkarni, MD, discusses the outcomes of patients with prostate cancer after regular prostate-specific antigen testing and digital rectal examination. Medscape
Long-standing hypertension is strongly associated with progression of white-matter hyperintensity (WMH), which is known to be associated with new or worsening cognitive impairment and dementia. Reuters Health Information
