Author: Janine Anthes

Elderly, those living >10 miles from facility, those with lower SES less likely to receive pulmonary rehab

Risk increased for lower-limb amputation, diabetic ketoacidosis compared with GLP1 receptor agonists

12.5 percent of adults aged 18-64 years and 4.4 percent of children aged 0-17 years uninsured

Rising temperatures contribute to more ticks and greater availability of hosts

Coexistence of other liver conditions tied to even higher risk for death, health care costs

Based on 10-fold fatality risk difference, value-based price for personal epinephrine $24

246 people now sickened; 59 people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported to date

Reconstruction with autologous fat transfer seems not to increase rate of locoregional recurrence

Problems related to patient-physician interactions contribute to diagnostic errors

Use of imaging to analyze these nodules could guide strategies for tx of age-related macular degeneration

Rise seen in postinjury rate of mental health diagnoses; suicide rate higher than population average

Glecaprevir + pibrentasvir effective for those who previously failed direct-acting antiviral treatment

Lower all-cause mortality in CABG group versus PCI-DES group after median follow-up of 7.5 years

Yanomami woman and child. Photo: C. Macauley Communities who are among least acculturated peoples in world have no increase in BP with age

Only half of patients reported always engaging health care providers

Total energy expenditure is greater for those on a low- or moderate-carb diet during weight-loss maintenance

AMA, CDC launch a campaign to raise awareness about prediabetes

Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017

Higher likelihood of readmission, developing abscess; more follow-up needed in year after admission