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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover

ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb. 16-18

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The 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium The American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium was held from Feb. 16 to 18 in...
Specific HIV-1 variants are selected depending on the transmission route

HIV-1 Variants Are Specific for Transmission Route

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Intrauterine transmission selects for infant variants with shorter, less-glycosylated V1 loops
Nearly one-quarter of enrollees in a U.S. managed care network who visit the emergency department for an ocular condition have a nonurgent condition

One in Four Ocular ER Visits for Nonurgent Conditions

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Risk of visiting ER for nonurgent ocular conditions down for those with established eye care provider
Successful weight maintenance may be more likely with a series of post-diet coaching sessions conducted mostly by phone

Maintenance Intervention Improves Long-Term Weight Loss

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Coaching sessions seem to help patients keep from regaining the weight
Consumption of mercury-laden seafood is associated with risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AAN: Mercury in Seafood May Be Tied to Higher Risk of ALS

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Certain types of seafood may be linked to the disease, early research suggests
Patients addicted to opioids treated in a hospital emergency department do better when they receive medication to reduce opioid cravings

Patients With Opioid Addiction Benefit From Tx Initiated in ER

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Giving drugs to reduce cravings appears to be effective option, researchers find
For high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Furosemide + Matched Hydration Cuts Contrast-Induced AKI

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Findings among high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, TAVR
From 2004 to 2012 there was a decrease in postpartum depressive symptoms

Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Fell in 2004 to 2012

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Prevalence highest among new mothers age ≤19, 20 to 24 years; unmarried mothers; postpartum smokers
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

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Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training