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Briefly Noted: Arsenic Levels with GFD, Cellphones, and Enuresis Outcomes

February 18, 2018 9:05 am

This post has a couple interesting items:

Arsenic levels were not increased in individuals with celiac disease who were consuming a gluten-free diet
Cellphones: There are good reasons for physicians to avoid giving out their cellphone numbers to patients
Enuresis -most patients respond to bedwetting alarms

RD Watkins et al. Practical Gastroenterology; 2018; 42: 12-6. In this retrospective review of 39 patients (with available arsenic levels), patients with celiac disease (adult & pediatric) had normal and/or undetectable arsenic levels. The mean duration on a gluten-free diet was 2.35 years for pediatric patients and 3.31 years for adults.

33 Charts/Bryan Vartabedian: Should Physicians Give Their Cell Phone Numbers to Patients

E Apos et al. J Pediatr 2018; 193: 211-6. This study showed that enuresis treatment with a bedwetting alarm system was effective in 76% of patients (n=2861) and that mean treatment time to achieve dryness was 62 days. The most frequent age group was 6 years to 10 years of age.