Psychosocial Factors Predict Functional Disability in RA
Depression, anxiety, missed work, unemployment are predictors of disability at one year
Nurses, Doctors Report Health Issues Tied to Surgical Smoke
Headache, watery eyes, and cough reported by large percentage of respondents
Medical Marijuana Laws Affect Medicare Part D Spending
Implementation of medical marijuana laws linked to reductions in Medicare program, enrollee spending
Blood Test Might Help Diagnose Viral Versus Bacterial Infection
The screen could one day provide results in an hour, developers say
CDC: Majority of HPV-Linked Cancers Are Preventable
Cervical cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers in men, account for most HPV-associated cancers
VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency
Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
Retinoblastoma Mortality Up With Eye-Preserving Radiotherapy
Second malignancies remain major cause of death in retinoblastoma survivors
Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients
Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
Health Care Costs ~60 Percent Higher for Obese Preschoolers
Costs 1.62 times those of children with healthy weight
Case Vignette Addresses Diagnosis, Management of PCOS
Treatment decisions should be informed by patient priorities -- in this case hirsutism, irregular menses
