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The costs associated with low-cost

Low-Cost Services a Major Player in Unnecessary Health Spending

Costs associated with low-cost, low-value health services nearly twice as high as high-cost services
Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors is associated with an increased risk for lower-limb amputation and diabetic ketoacidosis compared with use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists

Higher Risk for Amputation, DKA With SGLT2 Inhibitors for T2DM

Risk increased for lower-limb amputation, diabetic ketoacidosis compared with GLP1 receptor agonists
Causes of primary liver cancer differ widely among populations globally

Liver Cancer Remains a Major Public Health Burden Globally

Findings can be used to guide liver cancer prevention efforts
Internal medicine patients are frequently prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)

Screening Tools Identify Potentially Inappropriate Meds

However, substantial proportion of PIMS identified in internal medicine ward are not clinically relevant
Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with incident diabetes in offspring throughout childhood and adolescence

Gestational Diabetes Linked to Incident Diabetes in Offspring

Risk for developing pediatric diabetes increased in offspring from birth through age 22 years
There is a large disparity between the reported clinical opinions of nephrologists and real-world care for nephrology evaluation of patients after hospitalization with severe acute kidney injury

Disparity Seen in Nephrology Follow-Up Care

Nephrologists recommend follow-up after AKI hospitalization much more often than it occurs
Americans under age 65 years who were insured through their employer spent more than ever before on health care in 2016

Health Care Spending Up, Mainly Due to Rising Prices

Spending increasing despite no change or decline in utilization of most health care services
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of June 29 to July 3

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
From 2004 to 2014 there were increases in the prevalence of hypertension

2004 to 2014 Saw Increases in Risk Factors in Ischemic Stroke

Increases in prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, and drug abuse in AIS
There have been 126 more cases of illness added to an investigation into a Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled ground beef products from TBS Tolleson Inc.

CDC: Increase Seen in Salmonella Illnesses From Ground Beef

246 people now sickened; 59 people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported to date