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American Diabetes Association, June 22-26

The American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to 26...
Prolonged leisure-time sitting is associated with increased risk of mortality

Prolonged Leisure-Time Sitting Tied to Increased Mortality Risk

Increase in all-cause, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide, COPD mortality
The American Medical Association is calling on medical schools and residency programs to incorporate electronic health record training into their curricula.

AMA Calls for Electronic Health Record Training

Association says medical students, residents should undergo training with evaluative feedback
Next-generation sequencing can improve treatment efficacy and reduce hospitalization in children with drug-resistant epilepsy

Next-Generation Sequencing May Improve Pediatric Epilepsy Tx

In children with drug-resistant epilepsy, NGS can help establish diagnosis, improve treatment efficacy

The American Diabetes Association, June 22-26

The American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to...
Providers can take practical steps to improve practice efficiency and increase insurance reimbursement

Practice Management Can Improve Efficiency

Suggestions include doing a financial analysis, using scribes, renegotiating insurance contracts
Health care communication technology is a determinant of patient satisfaction in younger patients

Health Care Technology Impacts Younger Patient Satisfaction

Younger health care consumers are dissatisfied with technology capability of health care organizations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Epidiolex oral solution for treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome for patients age 2 years and older.

FDA Approves Epidiolex for Severe Forms of Epilepsy

Cannabidiol oral solution approved for patients 2 and older with Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes
Sleep disruption consistently predicts risk for atrial fibrillation before and after adjusting for obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Disruption Increases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

Higher risk seen across multiple cohorts, regardless of obstructive sleep apnea and other possible factors
Among a cohort of individuals without cardiovascular disease not receiving antiplatelet therapy

Most Bleeding Events in Non-CVD Patients Are GI-Related

In cohort with no CVD, not receiving antiplatelet therapy, 7 percent of bleeding events were fatal