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A vascular surgeon and primary care physician agree that an asymptomatic patient with cardiovascular risk and stenosis of 50 percent on screening carotid ultrasonography should not undergo carotid artery stenosis screening

Patient With CAS of 50 Percent Should Not Undergo Screening

Vascular surgeon, primary care physician agree that patient should participate in trial
A communication-and-resolution program

Communication Program Doesn’t Raise Hospital Liability Costs

The few program events that met eligibility criteria for compensation were not costly to resolve
Overall breast cancer incidence rates increased among specific racial/ethnic groups from 2005 to 2014

Overall Breast Cancer Incidence Up for Some in 2005-2014

Incidence up for Asian/Pacific Islanders, non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics, not non-Hispanic whites
Long-term use of azathioprine is associated with a better disease course in patients with early Crohn's disease

Azathioprine Appears to Improve Disease Course in Early Crohn’s

Prior bowel resection, smoking, and low hemoglobin tied to Crohn's-related surgery
In Washington state

Legal Cannabis Use Common Among Cancer Patients

Legalization increases likelihood of use; most want information about the drug from their doctors
In an effort to halt the ongoing opioid addiction crisis

Opioid Manufacturers to Provide Doctor Training

74 manufacturers of immediate-release opioids notified that drugs will be subject to requirements

September 2017 Briefing – Surgery

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Surgery for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Among physicians posting top plastic surgery-related content to Instagram

Certified Plastic Surgeons Underrepresented on Instagram

Most posts associated with 21 plastic surgery-related hashtags on Instagram are self-promotional
The prognostic value of pathologic nodal stratification depends on the thoroughness of nodal examination in the staging of non-small-cell lung cancer

Accurate Lung Cancer Staging Depends on Quality Nodal Exam

Difference in exam thoroughness may account for large regional differences in survival
Rates of major upper abdominal cancer resections in octogenarians are increasing

Upper Abdominal Cancer Resections Up in Octogenarians

Increase in resection rates driven by trends in hepatic and pancreatic resections