Author: Janine Anthes

Using higher HbA1c target in over-75s could increase disability-adjusted life-years by 44.2 percent

Total of 16,583 cases identified in 2015 using National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry

Screening recommended for those ages 15 to 65 years, including pregnant women

Antibiotics before age 2 associated with very small increase in body weight at 5 years of age

Coverage gains did not negatively impact employment levels, hours worked, earnings

Children with parent-reported ASD have greater health care needs, difficulty accessing care

Seven cases seen in newborn babies and infants younger than 2 years old

Adjustment for subclinical brain disease markers did not reduce link between arterial stiffness, dementia

Proportion of ED visits increased from five years before to after legislation

Delays in seeking care for first major symptom of macrovascular disease, first major diagnostic test

App can cut both severity of advanced cancer patients’ reported pain and hospital admissions

33.8 percent of mandatory pediatric postmarketing studies completed during 6.8 years of follow-up

Cancer detection rate is 8.4/1,000 exams in older women; 98 percent of cancers surgically excised

Lower systolic BP found for those living in areas with public smoke-free policies

Item-reduced version with eight questions instead of 28 accounted for 77 percent of variance

Bone erosions more frequent in those older at early RA onset even if they had clinical remission

DLQI-R allows more patients to achieve threshold for becoming candidates for biologic treatment

Aemcolo not indicated for patients with diarrhea complicated by fever and/or bloody stool