Wide Variation in PCI for 'Unclear Indications'Wide Variation in PCI for 'Unclear Indications'
The latest study on this subject has found that 17% of hospitals in a large US sample conducted at least one-fifth of their procedures in patients whose indications for the procedure were unclear. Heartwire (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Caffeinated beverage intake and reproductive hormones among premenopausal women in the BioCycle Study.
CONCLUSIONS: Moderate consumption of caffeine was associated with reduced estradiol concentrations among white women, whereas caffeinated soda and green tea intakes were associated with increased estradiol concentrations among all races. Further research is warranted on the association between caffeine and caffeinated beverages and reproductive hormones and whether these relations differ by race. PMID: 22237060 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)