Postpartum Readmission Within Six Weeks of Delivery on the Rise
Readmission more likely among black, publically insured patients with comorbidities
Patient Variables Not Linked to Hemoglobin A1c Targets
Targets not tied to demographics, medical history, physical and mental health, health service use
Metabolomics Signature Can Predict GDM to T2DM Transition
Metabolomics with baseline fasting plasma could predict transition from gestational diabetes to T2DM
Diabetic Retinopathy Independently Tied to Depression
Severe nonproliferative/proliferative diabetic retinopathy linked to greater depressive symptoms
Risk Score Could Help ID Alzheimer’s Risk in Young Adults
Score also associated with worse memory, clinical progression in older adults
Toys in Waiting Room May Be Source of Infection
Germs can survive on plastic surfaces for 24 hours or more
Pharmacists Report Hidden Fees That Distort Prescription Costs
Direct and indirect remuneration fees, copay clawback fees skew cost of prescription meds
Docs Tending Away From Post-Prostatectomy Adjuvant RT
Urologists in Australia less favorable toward adjuvant radiotherapy in 2015 versus 2012
Neratinib Active in HER2-Positive, HR-Negative Breast Cancer
And higher pathologic complete response for veliparib-carboplatin in triple-negative breast cancer
DNA-Repair Gene Mutations ID’d in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Prevalence of 11.8 percent for germline DNA-repair gene mutations presumed to be deleterious
