For Hospitals, No Benefit for Early Adoption of Financial Incentives
Hospitals with early adoption do not have better process scores, lower mortality than late adopters
Cancer Death Rate Continuing to Decline in United States
Continuous drop in combined cancer death rate from 1991 to 2015, resulting in 2,378,600 fewer deaths
KRAS Mutations Linked to Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
Most tissue samples of arteriovenous malformations of the brain had somatic activating KRAS mutations
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Up for Live Donor Kidney Transplant
Compared to 1995 to 1999, increase in racial/ethnic disparities in receipt of LDKT in 2010 to 2014
2013 to 2015 Infant Mortality Rate Varied by State and Race
Rates varied by race and Hispanic origin of mother; highest rates in infants of non-Hispanic black women
Immune-Related Adverse Events Up With Checkpoint Inhibitors
Most patients with cancer, autoimmune disease have improvement in events without discontinuing therapy
CVD Risk Up With β2-Agonist, Antimuscarinic Antagonist Start
New use of long-acting β2-agonists, antimuscarinic antagonists tied to higher CVD risk in first 30 days
Silent Myocardial Infarction Linked to Heart Failure Risk
Silent and clinically manifested MI both correlated with future risk of heart failure in adjusted models
Higher Risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Some Physicians
Increasing risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in procedural specialists
Uterine Leiomyomas, Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia May Be Linked
Higher odds of uterine leiomyomas for black women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
