Top stories in health and medicine, August 7, 2014

From MedPage Today: Return to Warfarin Okay After TBI? Restarting warfarin (Coumadin) after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) improved overall outcomes despite the bleeding risk. Dietitians Take Aim at Food Industry Sponsorships. Andy Bellatti has been troubled by some of the continuing education programs he’s seen at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) annual meeting. Immune-Boosting Nutrients No Help in ICU Patients. In critically ill patients, high-protein enteral nutrition supplemented with immune-modulating agents had no benefit and a suggestion of harm. Benefits Add Up for Regular Aspirin Use. Average-risk adults in the general population who used aspirin regularly for at least 5 years had a lower risk of cancer, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and premature death. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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