While folate consumption by women of childbearing age in the U.S. increased substantially after mandated fortification of enriched-grain foods in 1998, it has since dropped, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Reuters Health Information
Fewer medical students are choosing primary care vs subspecialties in internal medicine, although more students view internal medicine as a meaningful career. Medscape Medical News
This article describes the effect of age-related changes on health literacy, and addresses the challenges inherent in communicating with and teaching older adults. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Patients with multiple myeloma who are receiving bortezomib therapy benefit from prophylactic acyclovir, which effectively and completely prevents reactivation of the varicella (herpes) zoster virus, according the researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago. Reuters Health Information
Time spent social networking increases the risk of teens smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse released on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
Benzbromarone may be more effective and better tolerated than allopurinol for lowering uric acid levels in gout patients, Dutch investigators report in the January Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Reuters Health Information
