Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses Up With ACA’s Medicaid Expansions
Both overall and early diagnosis of cancer increased in first year of expansions
Wearing Amber Lenses Before Bed May Help With Insomnia
Improvements in Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale and significant delay in reported wake-up time
CDC: 2015 to 2016 Saw Drop in Life Expectancy in United States
Increase in rate of age-adjusted drug overdose deaths observed during same time period
Gender Differences Seen in Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia
CV reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia different for men, woman
Rheumatic Diseases Associated With Increased Dementia Risk
Statistical significance in Sjögren's syndrome, lupus, OA in females; SS, psoriatic arthritis, OA in males
RA Exposure In Utero Tied to Increased Disease Risk
Children exposed to maternal rheumatoid arthritis have higher risk of thyroid disease, epilepsy, RA
DBS Safe But Not Beneficial in Parkinson’s Dementia
No consistent improvements seen in primary cognitive outcomes, resting state functional MRI
Gingko Biloba Extract Found Effective in Acute Ischemic Stroke
GBE plus aspirin alleviates cognitive, neurological deficits with no effect on adverse, vascular events
Year One Results Out for Value-Based Payment Modifier Program
Overall, 29.3 percent of eligible practices failed to register and report data and received a penalty
Expanded TIMI Risk Score Deemed Practical in Diabetes
Atherothrombotic disease risk assessment based upon 10 readily available clinical variables