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A mobile phone application that provides personalized feedback to patients with type 2 diabetes can increase adherence to physical activity and improve glycemic control

App Can Up Adherence to Exercise in Diabetes

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Personalized feedback via reinforcement learning improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
Simplification

Patient-Centered System Recommended for Medical Billing

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Simplification, consolidation, and real-time cost information could improve medical billing system
For patients undergoing drug-eluting stent placement

High Rate of Clopidogrel Non-Adherence After DES Placement

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Based on one-year refill data, 34 percent of patients had proportion of days covered <80 percent
Video games can play a role in medical education

Video Games Offer Educational Methods for Med Students

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Medical students can test their skills and have the freedom to fail and learn from mistakes as gamers
Characteristics of individuals and health care systems may contribute to the differences in follow-up after a positive fecal blood test

Better Follow-Up Needed After Positive Fecal Blood Tests

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Median time to colonoscopy ranged from about six weeks to six months
Imaging studies suggest that the development of β-amyloid plaques in individuals with traumatic brain injury may be related to the presence of axonal damage

Axonal Injury in Brain Trauma Tied to β-Amyloid Burden

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Imaging shows pattern of β-amyloid plaques that overlaps but differs from that of Alzheimer's disease
The incidence of primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) is 2.30/100

Infection Risk Up Before Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia

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Increased risk of infections requiring inpatient, outpatient care within five years before cITP dx
Despite the availability of open-access colonoscopy in the United States

Office Visits Before Screening Colonoscopy Raise Costs

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About one-third of colonoscopies preceded by gastroenterology office visit
Acetazolamide does not differ from placebo in effect on the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Intubation Duration for COPD Unchanged by Acetazolamide

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Randomized trial shows no difference vs placebo in duration of invasive mechanical ventilation
During long-term follow-up

Neutral Long-Term Effect for Intensive Glycemic Control

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Follow-up of patients from ACCORD trial shows neutral effect on primary composite outcome