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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an initiative to examine which provider regulations should be discarded or revamped amid concerns that the regulations are reducing the amount of time that physicians spend with patients

CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations

Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians

The North American Spine Society, Oct. 25-29

The North American Spine Society 32nd Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the North American Spine Society was held from October...
In patients with type 2 diabetes

Retinal Sensitivity Linked to Cognitive Status in T2DM

Retinal sensitivity assessed by microperimetry is correlated with neurodegeneration parameters
Aspirin resistance

PFA-100-Measured Aspirin Resistance Linked to CV Events

Strong correlation between aspirin resistance, CV events at 5-year follow-up in aspirin-treated patients
Depressive symptoms increase during the internship year for training physicians

Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year

Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
For patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease

Focused US Thalamotomy Effective in Tremor-Dominant PD

Improvements in on-medication median tremor score after FUS thalamotomy in Parkinson's
For former collegiate and professional football players

Football Career Length, Position Affect White Matter Structure

Career duration, playing position may modify the effects of concussion history in ex-football players
Rates of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) mortality have decreased since 1968 but are still higher than non-SLE mortality

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality Down Since 1968

However, SLE mortality is still higher than non-SLE mortality; sex, racial, regional disparities exist
Fentanyl was involved in more than half of opioid overdose deaths reported in the second half of 2016

Fentanyl or Analogs Tied to More Than Half of All Opioid Deaths

And 57 percent of fentanyl-related deaths also tested positive for other drugs, such as heroin
Maternal use of acetaminophen in pregnancy is associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring

Maternal Use of Acetaminophen Linked to ADHD in Offspring

Link seen after adjustment for maternal use before pregnancy, familial risk for ADHD