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An eye movement training approach is efficacious for improving visual performance in hemianopic patients

Eye Movement Training Efficacious for Hemianopic Patients

Objective and subjective measures of visual performance improved with NeuroEyeCoach
There is a significant increased risk for diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women who are metabolically unhealthy

Regardless of Weight, Metabolic Health Tied to New Diabetes

Normal-weight but metabolically unhealthy women have twofold greater incidence of diabetes
Primary care practices certified as medical homes have more practice systems and higher performance on diabetes care versus uncertified practices

Certified Medical Homes Tied to Better Diabetes Outcomes

Certified practices have more practice systems, modestly higher performance on measures of quality diabetes care
For adults without a recent history of depression

Varenicline Seems Safe for Adults Without Depression

Risk for CV, neuropsychiatric hospitalizations lower for varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy
Just how prepared the United States is to quell an outbreak of coronavirus on American soil came into question on Thursday

CDC Makes Changes to Coronavirus Testing Efforts

Changes come after whistleblower complaint and community-acquired case in California
In a EuroNet Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma Group guideline

Recommendations Issued for R/R Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma

Recommendations developed for salvage therapy for pediatric patients with first relapse/refractory cHL
In an American College of Rheumatology guideline

Reproductive Health Guidelines Issued for Rheumatic Diseases

Evidence reviewed for contraception, fertility, pregnancy, HRT, medication use in RMD patients
Of those people in 10 states meeting the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for low-dose lung cancer screening

Compliance Low With USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Recommendations

12.5 percent of those meeting USPSTF recommendations for low-dose CT had screening exam in past year
Measures of hospitality

Patient Satisfaction Scores for Hospitals Driven by Hospitality

Patient satisfaction scores do not reflect the quality of medical care, but rather room and board features
Misleading ads about products that claim to cure or protect against the new coronavirus will be banned from Facebook

Facebook Bans False or Alarming Coronavirus Ads

The Center for Science in the Public Interest warns consumers to be cautious