Psychiatric disorders linked with increased risk of violent re-offense in released prisoners
1. This longitudinal cohort study showed that psychiatric disorders were associated with an increased risk of re-conviction for violent...
Internet-based intervention on proper handwashing limits spread of respiratory tract infections [PRIMIT trial]
1. In this open-label, randomized trial, participants that received an internet-based intervention on proper handwashing for respiratory tract infection prevention...
rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine highly effective and safe in trials conducted in Guinea
1. Interim results from an open-label cluster-randomized trial of the novel rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola virus vaccine showed 100% vaccine efficacy in...
Bisphosphonate treatment reduces breast cancer recurrence in the bones of post-menopausal women
1. This meta-analysis showed that bisphosphonate treatment in women with breast cancer significantly reduced the risk of cancer recurrence in...
Cystic fibrosis gene therapy associated with stabilization of lung function
1. In patients with cystic fibrosis, monthly use of non-viral pGM169/GL67A gene therapy was associated with a significant, but modest,...
Ebola virus rapid diagnostic test kit shows promise in point-of-care testing
1. The ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit, which detects the Ebola virus VP40 matrix protein antigen, had 100% specificity and...
Medical marijuana laws not linked to an increase teen marijuana use
1. In states that passed a medical marijuana law at any time before 2014, there was a higher prevalence of...
Self questionnaires without physical exam a strong predictor of mortality
1. The strongest predictor of all-cause mortality in men was found to be self-reported health, which can be acquired without...
New vaccine shown to prevent a significant number of malaria cases in phase 3 trial
1. In this phase 3, randomized controlled trial, the candidate vaccine RTS,S/AS01 with or without a booster dose prevented a...
Disruption of malaria treatment due to Ebola may increase malaria mortality
1. This modeling study showed that if malaria care were to have ceased as a result of the Ebola epidemic,...