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Exposure to medical radiation from computed tomography scans is associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer and leukemia

Radiation From CT Scans Linked to Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia

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Elevated risk stronger in women than men; risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma increased in patients ≤45
Caregivers identify distinct components of recovery from eating disorders

Few Anorexia Nervosa Patients Make Complete Recovery

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Caregivers ID seven domains of recovery; physical recovery occurs before social, emotional recovery
Firearm injury seems to have a lasting effect

Negative Impact Persists for Survivors of Firearm Injury

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Almost half of those surviving gunshot wound had positive screen for probable PTSD
Only complete eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

H. Pylori Infection Must Be Wiped Out to Cut Gastric Cancer Risk

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Risk for gastric cancer tied to H. pylori infection higher in blacks, Asians, Hispanics/Latinos
In an elimination setting

Most Infants Susceptible to Measles by 3 Months of Age

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In elimination study, 92 percent of infants had antibodies below protective threshold by 3 months
There has been a significant decrease in the use of antidepressants by pregnant women in Denmark

Number of Pregnant Women Taking Antidepressants Down

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Findings seen in large, population-based study in Denmark from 1997 to 2016
During the last decade

Employee Premiums, Deductibles Eating Larger Share of Income

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The average deductible for a middle-income family was 4.7 percent of income in 2018
Impella use is increasing for percutaneous coronary intervention patients treated with mechanical circulatory support

AHA: Impella Use Up for PCI Patients Needing Heart Pump

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However, Impella use linked to increased odds of death, bleeding, stroke
In an article published in the Nov. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness

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CDC will no longer monitor nonhospitalized patients due to similarities with hospitalized cases
Receiving care at a multidisciplinary clinic facilitates adherence to evidence-based national treatment guidelines for prostate cancer

More Appropriate Prostate Cancer Tx Seen at Multidisciplinary Clinic

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Patients with low-risk disease more likely to receive nondefinitive therapy at MultiD clinic versus SEER