Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy to stabilize sleep, wake, and meal times improved outcomes in bipolar patients in 2 studies. Medscape Medical News
Flora-sparing drugs may help reduce recurrence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; metronidazole showed noninferiority to vancomycin. Medscape Medical News
Patients should be both screened for latent tuberculosis before initiation of etanercept therapy and monitored for infection during and after treatment. Medscape Medical News
Cases of community-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CA-CDAD) causing severe and even lethal illness are being diagnosed in patients with no recognized risk factors, according to a surveillance program established in Connecticut in 2006. Reuters Health Information