Loan Forgiveness, Educational Debt May Affect Practice Patterns
Graduates with loan forgiveness/repayment program more likely to enter primary care fields
Short Hospital Stays After Lung Surgery Do Not Up Readmissions
Findings based on one- to two-day length of stay versus three to five days after anatomic lung resection
Acetaminophen Safe as First-Line Analgesic for Most Older Adults
But there may be a higher stroke risk in elderly patients with diabetes taking the drug
Risk for T2DM Increased With Use of 5α-Reductase Inhibitors
Increased risk seen among men using dutasteride, finasteride for benign prostatic hyperplasia
National Hand Hygiene Initiative Successful in Australia
Overall hand hygiene compliance increased from 2009 to 2017; associated drop seen in HA-SAB incidence
UB-421 Monotherapy Maintains HIV Viral Suppression
Suppression maintained for up to 16 weeks in HIV-infected undergoing analytic treatment interruption
Machine Learning IDs Risk for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Classifier developed using EHR data identifies patients at highest probability threshold for FH
Interns Spend Most of Their Time in Indirect Patient Care
Within a 24-hour period, interns spend a mean of 3.0 hours in direct patient care and 1.8 hours in education
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation
Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
Infections May Up Risk for Developing Sjögren Syndrome
Lung, skin, urogenital infections tied to increased risk for developing primary Sjögren syndrome
