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Following U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening

Drop in Use of Digital Rectal Examination, PSA Testing

Decreases in use of screening following USPSTF recommendations against routine PSA screening
Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians

Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain

Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
Diabetes is more widespread among descendants of Canada's First Nations people than among the general population

Diabetes Risk Higher in Canada’s First Nations People

Eight of 10 will develop diabetes, and decades sooner than others
There is no connection between vasectomy and overall risk of prostate cancer or prostate cancer mortality

No Link Found Between Vasectomy, Prostate Cancer Risk

Large study challenges previous research linking the procedure to slightly higher chance of disease
Another mosquito-borne virus may be starting to circulate in the Caribbean

New Mosquito-Borne Virus Detected in 8-Year-Old in Haiti

Mayaro virus, related to the chikungunya virus, was first detected in Trinidad in 1954
The average annual premiums for single and family coverage remained stable in 2016

Average Premiums for Health Care Coverage Stable in 2016

Family premium 3 percent higher in 2016 than 2015; no change in share of firms offering health benefits
Interleukin-32 has inflammatory and remodeling properties in human obesity

IL-32 Has Inflammatory Properties in Human Obesity

Increased circulating IL-32 in obese patients down after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass-linked weight loss
Women who consume high amounts of meat

Fatty Acid Consumption Tied to T2DM Risk in Women

Findings for arachidonic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and alpha-linolenic acid
Professional ice hockey players with post-concussion syndrome have increased cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light proteins and reduced amyloid β

CSF Neurofilament Light Proteins Increased Post-Concussion

Findings in professional ice hockey players with post-concussion syndrome
For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Study Supports Minimal Residual Disease As End Point in Myeloma

MRD-negative status linked to favorable progression-free, overall survival in multiple myeloma