Strategies Presented for Managing Physician Burnout
Shorter workdays, stress-management training can help the more than half of U.S. physicians affected
Variation in Medicare Payments for Peri-Op Complications
Large variation across hospitals for patients rescued from peri-op complications after four procedures
Zinc Alters Gut Microbiota, Cuts Resistance to C. difficile
Excess dietary zinc reduces minimum amount of antibiotics needed to confer susceptibility to CDI
Price Increases Larger for Older Cancer Drugs Than Newer Ones
Older meds rose 22.7 percent in price, compared to a 6.2 percent increase for newer treatments
Burden of Cirrhosis, Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Increasing
From 2001 to 2011, number of hospitalizations for cirrhosis nearly doubled; prevalence of ACLF up
Distinct Duodenal Bacteria in Celiac Disease, Controls
Duodenal bacteria from patients with CD have distinct effect on gluten breakdown, immunogenicity
NASH ID’d by Mass Spectrometry-Based Profiling, Clinical Variables
MS-based profiling combined with clinical variables accurately identifies nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Doctors Spending in Excess of $32,000 on Health IT
Costs increased by 40 percent between 2009 and 2015 and are expected to continue increasing
Biologics Tied to Opportunistic Infection Risk in IBD
No increased risk of serious infection or malignancy among adults with inflammatory bowel disease
CT Colonography May Be Useful for Aneurysm Detection
Computed tomography colonography diagnoses nearly one in five small aneurysm patients
