Health News for 12/20/17

Statistical significance in Sjögren's syndrome, lupus, OA in females; SS, psoriatic arthritis, OA in males

No difference in mortality or hospital days but fewer ventilator and intensive care unit days

But procedure results in similar visual outcomes to conventional phacoemulsification

Greatest benefit seen in patients with low on-treatment platelet reactivity

Multidisciplinary team and guidelines improve quality of oral health practice for older sub-acute patients

Single dose of sitagliptin linked to increases in standardized insulin secretion, active GIP, GLP-1

Once-daily minoxidil, spironolactone combo appears safe and effective

Frail, elderly adults with shortness of breath, anxiety, depression, drowsiness more likely to be readmitted

Combo of microneedling + trichloroacetic acid more effective than microneedling +/- platelet-rich plasma

Majority of women responded well and returned to normal histology in six months