Mortality Up for Rural Versus Urban Stroke Patients
Rural patients have lower use of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy
Healthy Lifestyle May Lower Risk for Alzheimer Dementia
Risk down by 37, 60 percent for two to three, four to five versus zero to one healthy lifestyle factors
Court Rules Against Drug Price Disclosures in TV Ads
Judges said HHS exceeded its legal authority by requiring drug price disclosure as part of its stewardship of Medicare, Medicaid
Cardioprotective Therapy Use Lower With Cancer History
Utilization rate of antiplatelet therapies and statins significantly lower for patients with cancer history
Hormone Therapies Tied to Brain Changes in Menopausal Women
Circulating levels of pituitary-ovarian hormones linked to changes in WMH in menopausal women
Globally, ~11 Percent of Children Live With One of Four Disabilities
11.2 percent of children estimated to have epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision or hearing loss in 2017
Therapeutic Hookworm Explored for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
No effect seen for hookworm versus placebo on number of new/enlarging/enhancing lesions
Hallucinations Tied to Mental Illness in Individuals With Seizures
Hallucinatory experiences also strong risk marker for suicidal behavior in those with seizures
Male Veterans Less Likely to Have Excellent, Good Hearing
More likely to have little/moderate trouble hearing, a lot of trouble hearing, be deaf than nonveterans
Sleep Apnea in Patients With T2DM Ups Risk for Comorbidities
Patients with T2DM and OSA diagnosis at higher risk for cardiovascular, microvascular complications
