Author: Janine Anthes

Phlebotomy and hydroxyurea tied to improved survival, lower risk for thrombosis in older patients

Both sociodemographic and clinical features up the rate of readmission

Food assistance may cut number of older adults with diabetes forgoing medications due to cost

Significantly greater overall improvement seen in pain and disability scores in the first year

Among older adults with dementia, rates of falls, fracture similar, but mortality rate lower

Evidence inadequate to weigh benefits, harms of interventions for preventing maltreatment

Romaine lettuce sold in stores to carry labels with region where produce was grown, harvest date

Revised process will ensure new medical devices meet safety and effectiveness standards

Reports include chest pain, severe headaches, prolonged erections after taking Rhino products

Drug targets solid tumors with NTRK gene fusion without a known acquired resistance mutation

Relative risk for early-onset colorectal CA nearly twice as high in obese women as those of normal weight

Heart failure risk higher for androgen deprivation therapy users in propensity score-matched analysis

Home discharge rate increased at intervention sites; no increase in return visits, adverse outcomes

Implementation guide designed to increase levels of lung cancer screening for heavy smokers

Large rise in youth vaping, decline in past 30-day smoking prevalence accelerated around 2014

In absence of overweight and obesity, 10 percent of all pediatric asthma cases would be avoided

No benefits seen with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG or L. rhamnosus R0011 and L. helveticus R0052

Ocrelizumab reduces risk for more severe progression