Topical Antibiotics Shorten Duration of Conjunctival Symptoms
Findings based on randomized trial and meta-analysis combining data with three previous trials in children with acute infective conjunctivitis
Research & Development Investments Do Not Explain Drug Price Variation
No association seen between estimated R&D investments and treatment costs based on list prices at launch or net prices after one year
CDC Says Universal Masking Can Be Dropped in Some Nursing Homes, Hospitals
Masking 'remains recommended' during an outbreak among patients or 'when caring for patients who are moderately to severely immunocompromised'
Physician Burnout Significantly Increased During 2020 to 2021
Additionally, decreases in satisfaction with work-life integration and increases in depression seen
Medical Debt Tied to Worsening of Food, Housing Insecurity
Risk factors for medical indebtedness include hospitalization, disability, high deductible, Medicare Advantage, and no insurance coverage
Physician Burnout May Raise Risk for Patient Safety Events
Burnout also associated with decreased job satisfaction, low professionalism, patient dissatisfaction
Odds of Poor Vision Increased for Black, Mexican, Low-Income Teens
Black, Mexican, non-U.S. citizen teens more likely to have visual acuity worse than 20/40 in better-seeing eye
Biden Makes Another Push for Cancer Moonshot Initiative
President likened JFK's space race to his own effort to slash cancer rates by 50 percent in the next 25 years
Early-Onset HTN, Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Early-Onset Glaucoma
Age at hypertension, type 2 diabetes diagnoses linked to age at onset of primary open-angle glaucoma; no link found for OSA, migraine
Charges Per Claim Up With Private Equity Acquisition of Practices
Increase seen in volume of encounters in aggregate and in share of office visits billed as longer than 30 minutes
