Diabetes and kidney cancer risk among post-menopausal women: The Iowa women's health study.

Background: Many studies have reported a positive association between diabetes and kidney cancer. However, it is unclear whether diabetes is a risk factor for kidney cancer independent of other risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension. We comprehensively examined the association of diabetes and its duration with incident kidney cancer in the prospective cohort Iowa Women's Health Study (1986-2011).

Post-Cardiotomy Parasternal Nerve Block with Bupivacaine may be Associated with Reduced Post-Operative Opioid Use in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Postoperative pain treatment affects immediate and long-term outcomes in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Opioids, as part of multimodal analgesia, are effective in treating pain, however, they can be disadvantageous due to adverse side effects. Therefore, we assessed whether the local anesthetic bupivacaine as a parasternal nerve block in children post-cardiac surgery is an effective adjunct to pain management.

Colchicine-related death presenting as an unknown case of multiple organ failure.

A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with acute renal and hepatic failure as well as hypotension and metabolic acidosis. Despite aggressive intensive care, he had continued hypotension, leukocytosis, fever, renal and hepatic failure, and lactic acidosis. On hospital day 3, pancytopenia was noted.