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The expansion of insurance coverage and increases in retail prescription drug spending contributed to an increase in total national health care expenditures in 2014

U.S. Health Care Spending Increased in 2014

Increase in 2014 followed five consecutive years of historically low health care spending
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is associated with increased total oxidative status and oxidative stress index values

Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis Linked to Oxidative Stress

Significant link between DNA damage and the oxidative stress index, total oxidative status
The combination of effective transmission of knowledge

Med Ed Can Be Improved for High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care

Review shows knowledge transmission, reflective practice, supportive environment aid learning
Fewer American families are struggling to pay medical bills

CDC: Fewer Americans Struggling With Medical Bills

U.S. report shows 12 million are no longer in families having trouble paying for health care
Health care workers are at high risk of glove-related hand urticaria

Glove-Related Hand Urticaria May Be Rising in Health Care Workers

Glove-related hand urticaria described as form of symptomatic dermographism
For patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Time to Tx Initiation Impacts Survival in Head, Neck Cancer

Lower overall survival for time to treatment initiation of more than 46 to 52 days
For preteen children

Social Impact for Untreated Infantile Hemangiomas

Preteens with untreated IHs have higher social anxiety scores, lower social initiative scores
Patients who undergo lateral crural repositioning have significant lowering of the alar rim

Significant Lowering of Alar Rim With Cartilage Repositioning

Data from 54 patients show repositioning of the lower lateral cartilages linked to lowering of alar rim
A case before the Supreme Court is potentially threatening patient confidentiality

AMA: Case Before Supreme Court Threatens Patient Privacy

Case involves Medical Board obtaining three years of prescribing history for doctor, after single complaint
Burnout is a growing problem among American doctors

Burnout Rates on the Rise for Physicians

Surveys show a nearly 10 percent increase across a range of specialties in the United States