11.5 Percent of Under 65-Year-Olds Uninsured in 2020
Adults aged 18 to 64 years living in non-Medicaid expansion states twice as likely to be uninsured as those living in expansion states
Aromatase Inhibitors May Benefit Premenopausal Women With Breast Cancer
For premenopausal women receiving ovarian suppression, risk for breast cancer recurrence reduced with aromatase inhibitor versus tamoxifen
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
CDC Issues Proposed Changes to Opioid Painkiller Guidelines
Proposed changes dovetail with a nationwide epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths
GDM May Up Risk for Range of Later Cardiovascular Conditions
Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk
Better Maternal Diet May Cut Risk for Fetal Growth Restriction
High Healthy Eating Index score during pregnancy linked to lower risk for fetal growth restriction, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Treats Early TNBC
Rate of event-free survival higher with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemo versus chemo alone for early triple-negative breast cancer
AACR Addresses Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Care Continuum
Issues include increased burden of COVID-19 in patients with cancer, lessons from COVID-19 with potential to improve cancer care
Persistent Black-White Disparities Seen in Cancer Mortality
Mortality rates 41 percent higher for breast cancer for Black women, despite similar or lower incidence rates compared with Whites
Link Between Analgesics, Incident Tinnitus Explored in Women
No increased risk for tinnitus seen with low-dose aspirin, but increase seen with moderate-dose aspirin for those younger than 60 years, NSAIDS, acetaminophen
