Cardiac Monitoring Needed for High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
Trastuzumab, certain chemo treatments increase patient risk of heart failure
Hospitals Charge 479 Percent of Cost of Drugs on Average
Seventeen percent of hospitals charge 700 percent of cost; 8 percent have markup over 1,000 percent
Allopurinol Dose Escalation for Gout Doesn’t Improve Mortality
Linked to small increase in mortality; at 2 years, 31 percent of dose escalators achieved serum urate goal
Educational Disabilities More Likely With Neonatal Abstinence
Children with neonatal abstinence syndrome more likely to be evaluated, meet criteria for disability
Cannabinoid Trials Needed for Peds Neurologic Disorders
Canadian researchers urge rigorous clinical trials in pediatric patients
Study Provides Estimates of U.S. Prevalence of Type 1, 2 Diabetes
Prevalence of type 1 diabetes 0.5 percent, type 2 diabetes 8.5 percent among U.S. adults
No Clear Benefit for Rivaroxaban After Hospital Discharge
Incidence of major bleeding low with rivaroxaban, but clot risk not lower
Patient-Directed IV Remifentanil Cuts Epidural Conversions
Patient-controlled remifentanil reduces proportion of conversions versus intramuscular pethidine
California Lawsuit Claims AbbVie Paid Doctors to Prescribe Humira
Claims physicians prescribed Humira because of financial kickbacks, not as best drug for patient
Opioid Deaths 1999 to 2015 May Be Dramatically Underestimated
Incomplete death certificates led to under-reporting of 70,000 likely opioid deaths
