A cohort study shows that screening for albuminuria identifies patients at increased risk for progressive renal disease, of whom 40% to 50% were previously undiagnosed or untreated. Medscape Medical News
Don’t miss highlights from the 2008 NAPNAP meeting, including pediatric surgical assessment, chest pain, syncope, and hypertension in children, as well as prevention and treatment of antimicrobial resistant organisms. Medscape Nurses
Abatacept, an agent that modifies the costimulatory signal required for T-cell activation, does not increase malignancy rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to researchers reporting on clinical trial safety data. Reuters Health Information
Researchers have put together guidelines for resource-limited settings where implementation of all World Health Organization recommendations is not feasible. Medscape Medical News
