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Physicians should consider their retirement and plan ahead at all stages of their career

Tips Provided to Help Physicians Plan for Retirement

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Strategies to save for retirement should be adapted through different stages of physicians' careers
The risk of acute myocardial infarction increases sharply after a respiratory infection

Acute MI Risk Significantly Up Following Respiratory Infection

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Risk of AMI 17 times higher in week after a respiratory infection, researchers say
The decline in the number of Americans without health insurance stalled in 2016 after five years of progress

CDC: Slowing of Decline in Number of Uninsured Adults

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Uninsured rate was 9 percent in 2016, compared with 9.1 percent in 2015
If certain targets are met

AIDS Epidemic Could End in U.S. by 2025

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Infection rate could be as low as 12,000 people a year by 2025, researchers report
Hospitalized patients 65 and older may face a slightly higher risk of dying within a month of their admittance when treated by an older versus younger physician

Treatment in Hospital by Older Doctors Tied to Higher Mortality

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Older patients' hospital survival slightly higher when physician is younger, researchers say
For patients with acute pancreatitis

Review: Early Feeding No Harm in Acute Pancreatitis

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Early feeding tied to reduced length of hospital stay among patients with mild-to-moderate pancreatitis
More than half of eligible Americans traveling abroad don't get a measles vaccine

Few Eligible U.S. Travelers Getting Pre-Trip Measles Vaccine

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Though the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, foreign travel can still bring it home today
Health care costs can be reduced

Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs

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Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
A considerable proportion of elderly patients with a nonbacterial acute upper respiratory tract infection are prescribed antibiotics

Many Seniors With Nonbacterial Acute URI Prescribed Antibiotics

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46 percent of patients received antibiotic prescription; 69.9 percent for broad-spectrum agents
The prevalence of hepatitis C infection among pregnant women nearly doubled between 2009 and 2014

CDC: Hep C Infections Among Pregnant Women Increasing

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Rural counties seem hardest hit and rates mirror opioid epidemic