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Communication-and-resolution program experiences are positive overall for a small majority of patients and families

Injured Patients Want More Info on Safety Improvement Efforts

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Eighteen of 30 patients and family members reported the CRP experience to be positive overall
Nocebo hyperalgesia is stronger when an inert treatment is labeled as being an expensive medication rather than a cheap one

Stronger Nocebo Effect When Inert Rx Labeled As Expensive

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Neural interactions between cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord mediate this effect
Viewing a live or televised hockey game is associated with heart rate response equivalent to vigorous or moderate physical stress

Increased Heart Rate in Response to Viewing Hockey Games

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Viewing live game equivalent to vigorous physical stress; televised game equivalent to moderate stress
Engaging in abusive supervisory behavior may be associated with short-term beneficial effects

Short-Lived Benefits for Abusive Supervisory Behavior

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Positive indirect effect on work engagement via recovery level, which is short-lived
About one-quarter of adults discharged after first-time myocardial infarction are detached from employment after one year

Post-MI, One in Four Detached From Employment After 1 Year

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Heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and depression are significant predictors of detachment
Night shift workers have increased odds of obesity/overweight

Night Shift Tied to Increased Odds of Abdominal Obesity

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Increased risk for permanent night workers compared with rotating night workers
Mid-adulthood hypertension is associated with increased risk of dementia among women but not men

Mid-Adulthood HTN Tied to Higher Dementia Risk in Women

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Midlife onset of hypertension predicts 73 percent higher dementia risk versus stable normotension
Midlife women should be screened for overweight/obesity and offered appropriate education

Obesity Screening Recommended for Midlife Women

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PCPs should address barriers to adoption of healthy lifestyle measures in postmenopausal women
Elevated urinary levels of the proteins TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 are a potentially useful biomarker predicting moderate to severe acute kidney injury in the early postoperative period after open heart surgery

Urinary [TIMP-2]*[IGFBP7] May Predict AKI After Heart Surgery

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Elevated levels of the two proteins can predict risk of acute kidney injury
Physicians are delaying retirement

Reasons Physicians Are Delaying Retirement Vary

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Many older physicians feel that they are providing a useful service, desire part-time or occasional work