Author: Janine Anthes

Incomplete death certificates led to under-reporting of 70,000 likely opioid deaths

8.2 percent of concurrent users of prescription meds at risk for potentially major drug-drug interactions

Most commonly observed types of PHI sent are referrals, laboratory results, medication lists

Inadequate regulation of carbon pollution will likely have current, future consequences for human health

Cardiac magnetic resonance has cost of $150 and average scan duration of 18 ± 7 minutes

Persistent HPV infection may be associated with second HPV-related primary cancers

Task Force finds adequate evidence that multi-part interventions can improve weight status

Doesn’t affect serum uric acid levels over time, but targets interleukin-1β

Fourteen percent of older adults admitted to hospital for non-cardiac conditions had intensification of tx

Levels of insufficient physical activity stable between 2001, 2016; increase seen in high-income countries

But no corresponding increase in treatment of substance use disorders among low-income adults

Incidence of major bleeding low with rivaroxaban, but clot risk not lower

Recommendations developed for comprehensive care for youth identifying as transgender, gender diverse

Patient-controlled remifentanil reduces proportion of conversions versus intramuscular pethidine

Claims physicians prescribed Humira because of financial kickbacks, not as best drug for patient

Guidance focuses on Americans posted in overseas settings with high ambient levels of air pollution

No significant reduction in VT or VF or death risk for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Forty-five percent increase in rate of severe maternal morbidity at delivery; higher rate for black women

Half of trials on European Union Clinical Trials Register are non-compliant with requirements

Expected price increase 20 percent for all drugs after shortage versus 9 percent in absence of shortage