Persistent Post-Op Opioid Use in Young Cancer Patients Explored
Higher inpatient pain scores linked to persistent use after major oncologic surgery for children, teens
Many Countries Failing on Non-Communicable Dz Death Targets
For women and men, 35 and 30 countries expected to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
Burnout, Career Choice Regret Prevalent in U.S. Residents
Considerable variation according to specialty for both burnout symptoms, career choice regret
Physician-Group ACOs Generate Medicare Savings
Savings grow with longer participation and are significantly higher than hospital-integrated ACOs
In 2016, Proportion of Uninsured Americans Down to 10 Percent
Larger reductions in uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states, from 15.3 to 7.6 percent
Novel Immunotherapy May Up Survival in Melanoma Brain Mets
Findings in patients receiving checkpoint blockade immunotherapy for melanoma brain metastases
Cancer-Related Gene Variations Frequently Reclassified
24.9 percent of variants of uncertain significance were reclassified at a single commercial laboratory
Critics Demand Stop to ‘Guinea Pig’ Sepsis Clinical Trial
Clovers trial seeks to determine which IV fluids, vasopressors combo works best to curb sepsis
Most Breast Cancer Diagnoses Given Over the Phone
This represents a reversal, with in-person diagnoses more common before 2006
Net Benefit of Anticoagulants for A-Fib Varies With Stroke Rate
Benefit of warfarin anticoagulation varies with varying published stroke rates
