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Metabolic acidosis of chronic kidney disease
In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the kidney's ability to preserve acid-base balance is compromised. In some cases, a primary reduction in serum bicarbonate concentration can develop, a disorder known as metabolic acidosis of CKD. The disorder is associated with a host of complications, including muscle wasting and hypoalbuminemia, as well as death. This review article discusses these pathogenic pathways and the benefits and complications of base administration as a therapeutic approach. American Journal of Kidney Diseases
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Meaningful use of a confidential adolescent patient portal
Patient portals can fulfill meaningful use requirements but little is known regarding adolescent use of patient portals when confidentiality is prioritized. Adolescents used the portal similarly to parents of younger children, accessing it for sensitive adolescent health issues including asking questions to providers and seeking laboratory results. Journal of Adolescent Health
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Antimicrobial-resistant urinary tract infections
The majority of cases of community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) are treated with narrow-spectrum antibiotics, but emerging resistance may limit the efficacy of these antimicrobials. Among approximately 800 infants, uncircumcised males, Hispanic children, children with bladder and bowel dysfunction, and children who received one course of antibiotics in the past 6 months were more likely to have a UTI caused by pathogens resistant to one or more of narrow-spectrum antimicrobials. The Journal of Pediatrics
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Sedentary time tied to increased diabetes risk, study finds
A study in Diabetologia showed that the risk of type 2 diabetes increased by 22% for every extra hour spent sitting daily. Researchers evaluated more than 2,000 adults with a mean age of 60 and found those who spent more sedentary time had a 1.13 times higher risk of one to two metabolic syndrome criteria and 1.39 times higher odds for three to five criteria of the syndrome, regardless of whether they engaged in more high-intensity exercise activity. MedicalDaily.com
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AAP releases childhood immunization schedule for 2016
The American Academy of Pediatrics' 2016 recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents is similar to last year's format, but now includes recommendations for the nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine that was approved in 2014, researchers wrote in Pediatrics. Children should receive HPV vaccination starting at age 11, while those with a history of sexual abuse should receive it at age 9. The schedule also recommends giving the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine to all adolescents ages 11 to 12, with a booster at age 16. PhysiciansBriefing.com/HealthDay News
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Study: Higher mercury levels in brain not linked to dementia
A study found no evidence that higher mercury levels in the brain are linked to dementia but did show eating moderate amounts of seafood may help protect against Alzheimer's disease in people with a certain genetic risk for it. Researchers reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that people who eat more seafood do have higher mercury levels in the brain but found no association with the type of brain damage usually seen in Alzheimer's disease and dementia. HealthDay News
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Drug shortages affect clinical decision-making
Shortages of drugs from antibiotics to cancer treatments have become a new norm in medicine, and physicians and government and hospital officials say it has led to ad hoc policies, contradictory conclusions, and questionable ethical decisions and medical practices. Cutting back drug dosages or making drug substitutions has effects, but the health sector is not tracking outcomes for patients getting substitute medications or delayed treatment. The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers)
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Zika virus a global health emergency, WHO says
Although Zika virus infections in pregnant women haven't been scientifically connected to birth defects in infants, anecdotal evidence was enough to prompt the World Health Organization to declare the virus and the birth defects associated with Zika a public health emergency. The move paves the way for a coordinated response to the outbreak and should advance work on diagnostics and vaccines. Researchers already are working on a vaccine based on progress toward a West Nile vaccine. The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers)
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it."
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