MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) — Methotrexate appears to pose only a small risk of serious infection with long-term use, according to results of a meta-analysis reported here.

Diabetes affects approximately 8 percent of the people in the United States and adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates two to four times higher than adults without diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. A new study shows that primary care physicians believe the barriers that put patients with uncontrolled diabetes at risk for cardiovascular disease as being patient-related or system-related…

A history of smoking appears to be a risk factor for uveitis, a retrospective, case-control study showed.

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) outperformed blood glucose as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality and had similar predictive accuracy for diabetes, data from a large cohort study showed.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — Underuse of objective testing may be a big factor in underdiagnosis of asthma in the elderly, an expert said.

Principles of shared decision-making should guide a man’s decision about screening for prostate cancer, according to updated guidelines from the American Cancer Society.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — High folate levels in utero may increase a child’s future asthma risk, while those in the child’s early years make little difference, according to two studies reported here.

PHOENIX (MedPage Today) — Older patients benefit as much as younger ones from aggressive chemoradiation for head and neck cancer, data from a chart review showed.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — Contrary to conventional thinking, drinking lots of coffee appears to be associated with a lower risk of hospitalization for an arrhythmia, researchers found.

Medicare beneficiaries who survive a stint in the intensive care unit are slightly more likely to die in the next three years than those hospitalized for noncritical illnesses, a retrospective study showed.