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Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training
A considerable proportion of hospice caregivers are moderately to severely depressed or have moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety

Depression, Anxiety Prevalent in Hospice Caregivers

Younger age and poorer self-rated global health are risk factors for both depression and anxiety
Insurance status is associated with adverse patient safety indicators among patients undergoing inpatient lumbar fusion

Insurance Status Linked to Patient Safety in Lumbar Fusion

Medicaid, self-pay patients more likely to experience patient safety indicators
Early use of physical therapy for new low back pain in older adults is not associated with less subsequent back pain-specific health care utilization

Early PT Not Tied to Lower Health Care Use Later On

Findings among older adults presenting with a new episode of low back pain
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to methotrexate

Baricitinib Associated With Significant Improvement in RA

Findings versus placebo, adalimumab in patients non-responsive to methotrexate
A child's risk of a potentially fatal drug overdose more than doubles if a parent is prescribed an opioid

OD Risk Up in Children Whose Mothers Are Prescribed Opioids

Second study finds opioids stored unsafely in many households with children
Cannabidiol could be beneficial for the treatment of oral mucositis

Review: Cannabidiol May Be Beneficial for Oral Mucositis

Data on use of cannabidiol in dentistry are scarce, but it appears to be safe, effective
Health care spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025

Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025

National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025