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Health care consumers have four major concerns regarding their physicians

Top Consumer Concerns Reported About Physicians

Concerns relate to time with physicians; technology detracting from patient care; rising costs
A long-feared shortage of a substance used in millions of medical imaging procedures each year in the United States appears to have been avoided

FDA Says U.S. Will Now Produce Critical MRI Component

New technology approved to produce the country's own supply of the radioisotope Technetium-99m
For patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

Active Surveillance OK for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Appears to be a cost-effective strategy for patients with small size, stage pTa or pT1a recurrent tumors
Most people do not believe that professionals including health care providers should be allowed to refuse to provide services based on their conscience or beliefs

Poll: Personal Beliefs Shouldn’t Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat

Majority surveyed don't believe health care workers should be able to refuse services based on beliefs
For men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Apalutamide Active in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Apalutamide prolongs metastasis-free survival in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
High detection rates of high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) persist in consecutive subsequent screening rounds versus the prevalence round

High Detection Rates of High-Grade DCIS Persist

Low-, intermediate-grade DCIS less frequently ID'd in subsequent screening rounds vs. prevalence round
The amount of U.S. health care resources devoted to treating obesity-related illness in U.S. adults rose 29 percent from 2001 to 2015

Expenditures Rising for Treating Obesity-Related Illness in U.S.

Proportion of medical expenditures for obesity-related illness varies widely by state
The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and of high-risk HPV type 16 or 18 is 4.9 and 3.9 percent

HPV Prevalence 4.9 Percent in Tonsil Tissue of Healthy Adults

Human papillomavirus colocalizes to the biofilm of the tonsillar crypts
In recent years there has been an increase in melanoma incidence

2005 to 2014 Saw Increase in Melanoma Incidence

For males and females combined, incidence fell for those aged 15 to 44, increased for those ≥55
For patients with severe hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia-related bleeding

IV Bevacizumab Effective for Severe HHT-Related Bleeding

Drop in RBC transfusion requirements, epistaxis severity in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia