Starting a prescribed smoking-cessation program during hospitalization for other causes and continuing the program after discharge results in high smoking-cessation rates at 1 year. Medscape Medical News
Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. Reuters Health Information
A prospective cohort study showed that patients with diabetes and coexisting depression had substantially increased mortality risks beyond cardiovascular deaths. Medscape Medical News