Impact of Transition to Home Palliative Care on Patient Support and...
The following is a summary of “Evaluating the Benefits of Transition to Home Palliative Care: Pharmacological Prescriptions, Social, and Psychological Support Post-Referral,” published in the November...
View ArticlePTSD Prevalence Among Underserved Groups in Community Mental Health
The following is a summary of “Examining PTSD Prevalence Among Underserved Populations in the Integrated Community Mental Health Setting 2019 to 2022,” published in the November 2024 issue of Primary...
View ArticleImmediate Postpartum IUD Placement Compared With Delayed Placement Outcomes
The following is a summary of “Health Care Utilization After Immediate Compared With Delayed Postpartum Intrauterine Device Placement,” published in the December 2024 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
View ArticleComparison of rhTSH and THW for Thyroid Ablation and Recurrence Rates
The following is a summary of “Medium- and long-term recurrence after radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma with recombinant human thyrotropin: a meta-analysis,” published in the...
View ArticleComparison of Smartphone and Paper Instructions for Colonoscopy Preparation
The following is a summary of “Smartphone Application Versus Standard Instruction for Colonoscopic Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” published in the December 2024 issue of Gastroenterology...
View ArticleRisk-Adapted Approach to Local Consolidation in MIBC After AMVAC Treatment
The following is a summary of “Phase II Trial of Risk-Enabled Therapy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (RETAIN 1),” published in the December 2024 issue of Oncology by...
View ArticleNicotinamide Fails to Improve AD Biomarkers or Cognitive Outcomes in MCI
The following is a summary of “Phase 2A Proof-of-Concept Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Nicotinamide in Early Alzheimer Disease,” published in the December 2024 issue of...
View ArticleRole of Lp(a) in TAVR Outcomes and Aortic Stenosis Progression
The following is a summary of “Influence of lipoprotein(a) on aortic valve calcification in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement,” published in the December 2024 issue of...
View ArticleOmega-3 Supplementation During Pregnancy Lowers Infant Egg and Peanut...
The following is a summary of “Maternal Omega-3 Supplementation During Pregnancy, but Not Childhood Supplementation, Reduces the Risk of Food Allergy Diseases in Offspring,” published in the December...
View ArticlePredicting Acute Cholangitis in Patients With GIAI Using NLR and ELR
The following is a summary of “Clinical characteristics of adrenal crisis in 371 adult patients with glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency,” published in the December 2024 issue of Endocrinology...
View ArticleDemocratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid...
Three Democratic senators asked the country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog on Tuesday to investigate the costs of a Georgia program that requires some people to work to receive Medicaid...
View ArticleHow a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug...
Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the U.S. drug market. Her job, as a policy advocate at drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, was to tell patient...
View ArticleRage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change.
Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops in Somalia (“Black Hawk Down”), an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie (“Collateral Damage”), and a...
View ArticleNew Colorado Gun Law Aims To Shore Up Victim Services
Colorado’s new voter-approved gun initiative has a target unlike those of previous measures meant to reduce gun violence. The tax on guns and ammunition is meant to generate revenue to support...
View ArticleConsiderable Scale-Up Needed to Meet 2025 HIV PrEP Goals
Considerable scale-up is needed to achieve the 2025 goals for HIV PrEP, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Megan E. Peck, PhD, and colleagues examined progress...
View ArticleSteep Increase in Event-Driven PrEP Use
Among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), there appears to have been a steep increase in the use of event-driven PrEP (ED-PrEP) use among all PrEP users, according to...
View ArticlemiR-124-3p and miR-26b-5p Expression in Endometriosis
The following is a summary of “Endometriotic lesions express microRNAs that potentially regulate the transcription of hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 2 (HSD17B2): a pilot study,” published in the...
View ArticleFactors Influencing Surgical and Fertility Regret After Hysterectomy
The following is a summary of “Effect of Patient Age on Decisional Regret After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy,” published in the December 2024 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology by King et al....
View ArticleLower Risk of Cardiovascular Death with Tirzepatide in Heart Failure
The following is a summary of “Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity,” published in the November 2024 issue of Endocrinology by Packer et al. Obesity increases...
View ArticleRising Mushroom Poisonings and Plasmapheresis in Severe Liver Damage Cases
The following is a summary of “Increasing incidence of mycotoxicosis in South-Eastern Germany: a comprehensive analysis of mushroom poisonings at a University Medical Center,” published in the December...
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