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Traditional plaster casting is not superior to a functional brace in patients being treated nonoperatively for Achilles tendon rupture

Functional Brace Feasible for Ruptured Achilles Tendon

Outcomes at nine months after injury did not differ for functional brace compared with plaster cast
Compared with standard care alone

Outpatient Palliative Care Improves Parkinson Outcomes

Additionally, some benefit is seen for certain caregiver measures
Two studies published online Feb. 5 in Psychiatric Services show the successful use of telepsychiatry services in different settings.

Telepsychiatry Services Expand Access to Behavioral Health Care

Benefits seen in emergency departments and perinatal integrated care in a specialty obstetrics practice
Receipt of one

Single Dose of HPV Vaccine May Cut Preinvasive Cervical Disease

Risk for preinvasive cervical disease decreased with one, two, three vaccine doses at age 15 to 19 years
Medicaid expansion driven by the Affordable Care Act was associated with greater reductions in uninsurance rates in Diabetes Belt versus non-Belt counties

Uninsured Rate in Diabetes Belt Dropped With Medicaid Expansion

Decrease in uninsurance after Medicaid expansion greater in Diabetes Belt than in non-Belt counties
Biologics seem to be associated with greater reduction in psoriasis severity scores and higher drug survival rates than methotrexate in pediatric patients treated in a real-world setting

Biologics Tied to Greater Reduction in Pediatric Psoriasis

However, methotrexate remains an effective treatment for pediatric psoriasis
More teenagers are identifying as sexual minorities

Sexual Minority Youth More Likely to Attempt Suicide

Despite higher reporting of minority sexual identities, prevalence of suicidality high versus heterosexual youth
Higher birth weight for births at-term are associated with greater cardiorespiratory fitness in young adulthood regardless of body mass index

Higher Birth Weight May Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness Later

Findings seen in large cohort of men born at-term, regardless of body mass index, in young adulthood
A 60-year-old man living in Wuhan

Man Residing in China First U.S. Citizen to Die From Coronavirus

Not clear why man was not able to leave Wuhan on evacuation flights, but may have been too ill to fly
The national radiologist workforce is becoming increasingly subspecialized

Radiologist Workforce Becoming Increasingly Subspecialized

Increased subspecialization seen across cohorts defined by gender, years in practice, practice size