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The ideal cardiovascular health score and the Fuster-BEWAT (blood pressure

Simpler Tool Promising for Atherosclerosis Prediction

Fuster-BEWAT score similar to ideal cardiovascular health score in predicting subclinical disease
The incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in Australia decreased from 2012 to 2016 after implementation of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program for females aged 12 to 26 years in 2007-2009

HPV Vaccine Tied to Reduced Respiratory Papillomatosis Rate

Reduction in incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis from 2012 to 2016
Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer has heterogeneity in positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging phenotype

Heterogeneity of PET/CT Imaging Phenotype Prognostic in mCRPC

Assessments of androgen receptor, glycolysis prognostic in castration-resistant prostate Cancer
The first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Drug With Digital Ingestion Tracking System

Aripiprazole tablets have embedded sensors so patients, physicians can track medication ingestion
African-American women with type 2 diabetes appear to be at increased risk of developing estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast cancer

ER- Breast CA Risk Up for African-Americans With T2DM

ER- type accounts for increased breast cancer risk in African-American women; highest risk in nonobese
Insurance coverage differences account for about half of the disparity in survival rates between black and white patients aged 18 to 64 years with colorectal cancer

Insurance Underlies Black-White Survival Disparity in CRC

54 percent of excess risk of death in black colorectal cancer patients accounted for by insurance matching
Despite increases in HbA1c testing and awareness

In 2007-2014, Glycemic Control Plateaued in Diabetes Patients

But significant improvements in HbA1c testing and awareness seen, except in those aged 20 to 44
Health care experts are supportive of OurNotes

Health Care Experts in Favor of Patient Contribution to Notes

With some cautions, experts are supportive of the OurNotes medical notes intervention
Noninvasive cardiac testing leads to longer length of stay for patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

AHA: Noninvasive Testing Ups LOS in Patients With Chest Pain

Noninvasive testing with CCTA or stress testing also leads to more radiation exposure, greater cost
For patients with suspected ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Findings Support Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysm

Lower mortality at three years and gain in average QALY for endovascular versus open repair group