How One Health System Is Shifting From Volume to Value
Health system provides continuum of care to underserved populations; providing help for doctors
Aromatase Inhibitors Won’t Raise Odds of Most Fatal CVD Events
But there is a slightly increased risk of less serious cardiovascular issues
Physicians Can Get Involved in Developing Payment Models
New payment models relating to bone metastases, breast cancer developed by ASTRO
CDC: Suicide Rate Up 24 Percent in the United States Since 1999
Rates climbed the most among middle-aged men and girls aged 10 to 14
Medical Expulsive Therapy Underused for Ureteral Stones
Patients treated with medical expulsive therapy achieve spontaneous passage more quickly
Improved Survival for Certain Cancers With Low-Dose Aspirin
Improved odds seen for patients with colon, prostate, or breast tumors, but research isn't definitive
Comorbidity Tied to Prostate Cancer Upgrading, Up Staging
Findings among men with clinically low-risk prostate cancer
Stomach CA Risk Up With Alcohol, Processed Meat Consumption
Excess weight also seems to increase chances of disease, and risk increases as three factors increase
Decrease in Prostate CA Mortality Parallels Drop in Smoking
Findings based on data for men aged 35 years and older from California, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah
LDL Reduction in Hypertriglyceridemia Varies Per Statin
Greater LDL-C reductions for rosuvastatin 10-40 mg vs equal, double doses of atorvastatin, simvastatin
