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Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for bone erosions

Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Ups Bone Erosion Risk

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Even two years of clinical remission does not protect against bone erosions
Survey results show that health care professionals have implicit and explicit gender bias

Health Care Professionals Exhibit Gender Bias

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Biases associate men with careers and surgery and women with family and family medicine
A plan to let Medicare patients receive rebates that drug companies currently pay to insurers and middlemen has been withdrawn by the Trump administration.

Medicare Drug Rebate Plan Withdrawn by Trump Administration

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Rebates would have been paid directly to seniors in Medicare Part D program when they filled their Rx
Exposure of U.S. physicians to work-hour reforms during residency training is not associated with post-training differences in patient mortality

Capping Work Hours in Residency Does Not Impact Outcomes Later

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No differences seen in post-training patient mortality, readmissions, or costs of care
Among community-dwelling older persons

Mentally Stimulating Activities Lower Risk for Cognitive Decline

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Activities included reading books, using computers, social or craft activities, and playing games
Use of a threshold of airflow obstruction of forced expiratory volume in one second:forced vital capacity of 0.70 discriminates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related hospitalization and mortality

Simple Fixed Threshold IDs Those at Risk for COPD-Related Events

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FEV1:FVC of 0.70 not significantly different from optimal threshold, better than LLN threshold
Among elderly patients with prostate cancer

Androgen Deprivation Therapy May Up Risk of Alzheimer Disease

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ADT exposure linked to subsequent Alzheimer disease diagnosis among elderly men at eight years
A Trump administration rule to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose the list prices of their drugs in television ads was blocked Monday by a federal judge.

Rule Requiring Drug Prices in TV Ads Blocked by Judge

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The rule, applying to any drug that costs more than $35 a month, was to take effect this week
Receipt of more than the average number of electronic health record system-generated in-basket messages is associated with an increased probability of physician burnout

EHR System-Generated In-Basket Messages Linked to Burnout

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Receiving more than average number of messages linked to increased probability of physician burnout
Publicly available Long-term Care Facility Staffing Payroll-Based Journal staffing data have the potential to revolutionize efforts to monitor and study the key role of nursing home staffing

New Staffing Data Source Can Improve Nursing Home Monitoring

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Data source may help link nursing home staffing, resident outcomes