Physician Under-Recognition of Angina Often Occurs
Predictors of physician under-recognition include heart failure and less-frequent angina
Residents Often Order Perceived Unnecessary Lab Tests
Behaviors attributed to health system culture, lack of transparency about health care service costs
Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Up in U.S. Since 1979
From 0.3 percent in 1979-1980 to 5.8 percent in 2008-2010, partly due to trends in BMI, race
More Evidence Paying Smokers to Quit May Work
But cost may be $28,000 to get one additional smoker to succeed long term
New Guidelines Set Safe Surgery Margins for DCIS
2 mm is enough to guard against recurrences while reducing need for additional surgeries
Expanded Carrier Screening May Up Detection of Genetic Disorders
Expanded screening modeled more hypothetical fetuses at risk for severe or profound conditions
U.S. Female Doctors Reimbursed Significantly Less Than Males
Medicare reimbursement review finds male specialists earning more
Similar Outcomes for Group, Traditional Prenatal Care
Group prenatal care linked to similar rates of preterm birth, NICU admission, breastfeeding
Unstable Vital Signs for About One in Five Hospital Discharges
Presence of one or more instabilities linked to increased risk-adjusted odds of death or readmission
Female Oncologists Report More Grief Responses, Burnout
For both genders, grief reactions linked to emotional distress among those at high levels of burnout
