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A new medical school to be opened by California-based health system Kaiser Permanente will waive tuition for all students in its first five graduating classes.

New Kaiser Permanente Medical School Plans to Waive Tuition

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School will waive all tuition for the full four years of school for its first five classes
Growth in hospital prices and payments outpaced growth in physician prices and payments from 2007 through 2014

Hospital Prices Growing Faster Than Physician Prices

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Efforts to reduce health care spending should focus on hospital prices
For denosumab-treated women with postmenopausal osteoporosis

Rates of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Low for Denosumab-Treated Women

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Invasive oral procedures associated with increased incidence of ONJ, but rate low overall
Many systematic review protocols in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews do not include adverse event reporting

Many Systematic Reviews Do Not Fully Report Adverse Events

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Of 146 protocols analyzed, 65 percent fully reported adverse events as intended by the protocol
In 2017

Health Care Spending Per Person Increased to $5,641 in 2017

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Spending per person increased 4.2 percent from 2016 to 2017; utilization increased 0.5 percent
Children with recurrent tonsillitis have smaller germinal centers

Smaller Germinal Centers Identified in Recurrent Tonsillitis

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Group A Streptococcus-specific CD4+ germinal center T follicular helper cells underrepresented
In a drug industry first

Johnson & Johnson to Provide Drug Prices in TV Ads

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Drug list prices, typical out-of-pocket costs will appear on screen at end of commercials
Chronic rhinosinusitis is associated with incidence of depression and anxiety

Chronic Rhinosinusitis Linked to Depression, Anxiety

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Higher hazard ratios found for depression, anxiety for patients with CRS without nasal polyps
Recommendations have been updated for tonsillectomy in children; the revised clinical practice guideline was published as a supplement to the February issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Recommendations Updated for Tonsillectomy in Children

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Strong recommendations presented against administering perioperative antibiotics, codeine after tonsillectomy

January 2019 Briefing – Otolaryngology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Otolaryngology for January 2019. This roundup includes the latest...