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USPSTF Expands Eligibility for Annual Lung Cancer Screening
Adults aged 50 to 80 years with 20 pack-year smoking history who currently smoke or quit within last 15 years should be screened with low-dose CT
Chatbot Generates Quality, Empathetic Responses to Patient Questions
Chatbot generates higher proportion of responses rated as good or very good quality and empathetic or very empathetic than physicians
HMI Impulses From Ultrasound Transducer Beneficial in STEMI
Prevention of microvascular obstruction with high mechanical index impulses plus PCI
Facebook Launches Preventive Health Tool
Tool created in partnership with American Cancer Society, American College of Cardiology, AHA, CDC
Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
Researchers suggest that federal pandemic relief programs may have helped patients make a dent in their medical bills
Burnout Reduces Readiness to Change Teaching Approaches
Clinical faculty with low occupational burnout more likely to be in action stage of change
Rate of X-Ray Can Be Reduced for Constipation in Pediatric ER
Rational subgrouping, stratification on statistical process control charts can cut abdominal radiographs
Overall Survival Up for Melanoma Brain Metastases
Median overall survival from time of diagnosis has increased from 7.5 to 22.7 months
CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries
Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined
Women With Non-Obstructive CAD May Suffer From Myocardial Scars
Cardiac MR accurately diagnoses; myocardial scars may affect 8 percent of women with non-obstructive CAD
