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Idarucizumab can reverse the anticoagulant effect of dabigatran in emergency situations

Idarucizumab Shows Reliable Reversal of Dabigatran

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Effective for dabigatran reversal among patients with uncontrolled bleeding, undergoing urgent surgery
Sustained diet changes -- even later in life -- can extend people's lives

Large Study Shows Eating Better at Any Age Can Prolong Life

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Researchers suggest it's never too late to benefit from a commitment to eating healthier
Severely impaired left ventricular global longitudinal strain is associated with worse prognosis in predialysis and dialysis patients

Mortality Up With Impaired LV Global Longitudinal Strain in CKD

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Worse prognosis for patients with severely impaired left ventricular global longitudinal strain
Medicaid enrollees are largely satisfied with their health care

Medicaid Enrollees Are Satisfied With Their Health Care

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Enrollees rate their overall health care at 7.9, on average, on a scale of 1 to 10
Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure doesn't appear to reduce risk of adverse cardiovascular-related outcomes or mortality

No Evidence CPAP Reduces Risks of CV Events, Mortality

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Findings do not support treatment with goal of prevention of these outcomes, researchers say
Lifestyle counseling could help protect the long-term heart health of adults who aren't yet at high risk for heart attack and stroke

Doctors Should Also Advise Healthy People on Diet, Exercise

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USPSTF urges doctors to talk to low-risk, in addition to high-risk, adults about lifestyle
The safety and efficacy of rivaroxaban treatment for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in patients with active cancer is similar to the general population

Rivaroxaban OK for Stroke Prevention in Cancer Patients

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Safety, efficacy in cancer patients similar to the general population
Chest computed tomography is increasingly being used

Chest CT Is Increasingly Being Used in COPD Assessment

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CT can provide information on comorbidities, including coronary artery disease, osteoporosis
Utilization of health services was largely unchanged from 1996-1997 to 2011-2012

Health Service Use Unchanged From 1996-1997 to 2011-2012

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Expenditures for various categories of medical services increased in almost every category assessed
Patients may be recording office visits

Patients Are Often Recording Doctor’s Visits

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Patients may be using tapes to remember important details about visits; often share with caregivers