VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency
Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
Retinoblastoma Mortality Up With Eye-Preserving Radiotherapy
Second malignancies remain major cause of death in retinoblastoma survivors
Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients
Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
Health Care Costs ~60 Percent Higher for Obese Preschoolers
Costs 1.62 times those of children with healthy weight
Case Vignette Addresses Diagnosis, Management of PCOS
Treatment decisions should be informed by patient priorities -- in this case hirsutism, irregular menses
1997 to 2011 Saw Almost 50 Percent Drop in ED Death Rates
Patients with ER deaths were older, more likely to be male and white, had more severe triage acuity scores
Toys in Waiting Room May Be Source of Infection
Germs can survive on plastic surfaces for 24 hours or more
Diabetic Retinopathy Independently Tied to Depression
Severe nonproliferative/proliferative diabetic retinopathy linked to greater depressive symptoms
Arthritis, Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitations Likely to Rise
Prevalence of arthritis predicted to increase to 25.9 percent of all adults by 2040
Relamorelin Beneficial in Adults With Diabetic Gastroparesis
Drug is linked to significantly accelerated gastric emptying, reduced vomiting frequency
