Synthetic Opioid Involvement in Opioid-Related Deaths Up
From 2010 to 2016, synthetic opioid involvement up from 14.3 to 45.9 percent of opioid-related deaths
Knowledge of Causes of Cancer Low in General Population
Awareness of actual cancer causes higher than that of mythical causes
Practices Should Be Aware of Correct Way to Fire Employees
Practices should be aware of basic employment laws in their state, which vary with number of employees
Doctors Generally Confident With Deprescribing for Elderly
Lack of time and difficulty engaging patients, caregivers reported as barriers to deprescribing
Timely Receipt of PCI in STEMI Up With Hospital Bypass Policy
More patients get PCI within guideline recommended time in states with hospital bypass policies
Severe Obesity Tied to Faster Progression to Disability With RA
Severely obese rheumatoid arthritis patients also had worse disability at baseline than overweight patients
Certain Foods May Impact Timing of Menopause
Fish, legumes associated with later menopause; refined carbohydrates linked to earlier menopause
Early Readmissions More Preventable Than Later Ones
General medicine readmissions within seven days more amendable to hospital-based interventions
Clinically Significant Anxiety Tied to Subsequent Dementia Risk
Review of four studies shows positive link for clinically significant anxiety in midlife, future dementia
Clinical Upstaging of NSCLC Seen With Each Progressive Week
For clinical stage 1 NSCLC, 21.7 percent of patients upstaged after 1 week; 31.5 percent after 8 weeks
