Rates of BRCA Mutation Testing Increasing in Young Women
Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, frequency of testing >95 percent in 2013
Multifaceted QI Intervention Cuts Lab Costs
Improvements seen in laboratory cost per day, per visit, and cuts in test per day
ASCO Updates Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Tx Guidance
Five assays show sufficient clinical utility, but don't guide specific regimens
Early Surgery Common for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
More than half of elective resections done after fewer than three preceding episodes
Medical Homes Contributing to Decreasing Cost of Care
Patient-centered medical home model showing progress nationally; need for appropriate incentives
Cardiovascular Fitness, Exercise BP Linked to Brain Volume
Poorer CV fitness, greater exercise BP in midlife linked to smaller brain volume 20 years later
Durable Response With Insulin Pump Therapy in T2DM
Greater reduction in glycated hemoglobin with pump therapy versus multiple daily injections
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide for Psychiatric Disorders Examined
Patients are usually women; most have chronic, severe conditions with histories of suicide
Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics
Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Active Asthma Ups Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture also increased
