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A novel method will allow for analyses of tumor-derived DNA in eyes with retinoblastoma undergoing salvage therapy that have not been enucleated

Aqueous Humor Can Serve as Surrogate Tumor Biopsy

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In eyes of children with retinoblastoma, AH has sufficient tumor-derived DNA for genetic analyses
Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age have worse measures of health in the years leading up to retirement

Pre-Retirement Morbidity Higher in Later Birth Cohorts

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Worse measures of health for Americans who must work longer to reach Social Security retirement age
In 2015

Serious Suffering Affects Almost Half of Those Who Die Yearly

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Vast majority who experience serious health-related suffering have no palliative care, pain relief
Primary care clinicians and pulmonologists endorse lung cancer screening

Primary, Pulmonary Providers Endorse Lung CA Screening

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Key barriers to LCS include inadequate time and staffing, patients having too many illnesses
The costs associated with low-cost

Low-Cost Services a Major Player in Unnecessary Health Spending

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Costs associated with low-cost, low-value health services nearly twice as high as high-cost services
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Board of Family Medicine have launched a new performance improvement activity credit reporting process called the AAFP Credit System

New System Streamlines CME Credit Approval Process

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American Academy of Family Physicians, American Board of Family Medicine launch single credit system
Patients with severe neurotoxicity after infusion of CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells have evidence of endothelial activation

Neurotoxicity Characterized After Infusion of CD19 CAR-T Cells

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Patients with severe neurotoxicity have endothelial activation, increased BBB permeability
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether it will hear a case that will determine the fate of the state's $750

Court Considering Fate of Noneconomic Damages Cap

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Case would decide the fate of Wisconsin's $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages
The HSD3B1 (1245C) allele is associated with more rapid development of metastases in men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer

Genetic Variant Tied to Prostate Cancer Outcomes

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Time to metastasis, length of survival vary by number of HSD3B1 (1245C) variant alleles
There is wide variation in thyroidectomy rates among Medicare beneficiaries nationally

Across U.S., Wide Variation Seen in Thyroidectomy Rates

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Rate per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries ranges from 22 to 139, a 6.2-fold difference