Conducting a sleep study in a hotel setting does not overcome the first-night effect that occurs in hospital-based sleep laboratories, according to a report in the April 15th issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Reuters Health Information
A meta-analysis shows that vitamin D compounds do not consistently reduce parathyroid hormone levels in patients with chronic kidney disease. Medscape Medical News
Lynda Szczech, MD, assessed the paper reported at ASN 2011 that suggested that fish oil supplements could be beneficial in preventing thrombosis in hemodialysis grafts. Medscape Nephrology
When patients with acute myocardial infarction receive intracoronary infusions of bone marrow-derived progenitor cells (BMCs), red blood cell contamination of the BMC preparation will make it less effective, according to German researchers. Reuters Health Information
Men are twice as likely as women to develop severe visual loss, the largest study to date looking at idiopathic intracranial hypertension has found. Medscape Medical News
