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October 2019 Briefing – Diabetes & Endocrinology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Diabetes & Endocrinology for October 2019. This roundup includes...

October 2019 Briefing – Dermatology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Dermatology for October 2019. This roundup includes the latest...

October 2019 Briefing – Cardiology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cardiology for October 2019. This roundup includes the latest...

October 2019 Briefing – Allergy

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Allergy for October 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Patients undergoing corneal surgery and receiving fewer opioid tablets still have adequate pain control

Pain Control Adequate With Fewer Opioids After Corneal Surgery

After assessment of postoperative opioid use, patients receive fewer opioid tablets but pain is controlled
From 2015 to 2017

Increase Seen in Opioid-, Synthetic Opioid-Involved OD Deaths

From 2015 to 2017, number of opioid-involved overdose deaths increased for nearly all racial/ethnic groups
Many lung cancer patients in the United States receive no treatment or less intensive treatment than recommended

Many Not Receiving Guideline-Concordant Tx for Lung Cancer

Elderly, non-Hispanic blacks particularly less likely to receive recommended lung cancer treatment
Only half of oncologists who discuss genomic testing with patients report that they often discuss the likely costs of testing and related treatments

Many Oncologists Fail to Discuss Costs of Genomic Testing

About a quarter of oncologists say they rarely, never bring up costs when they discuss genomic testing
For older adults

Hospitalizations May Hasten Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

Association more pronounced for those with more tangle pathology, neocortical Lewy bodies
Middle-aged adults with borderline personality disorder seem to have an increased cardiometabolic risk

Borderline Personality Disorder May Raise Cardiometabolic Risk

Borderline personality traits, depression associated with extent of midlife cardiometabolic risk