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Implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act has made fundamental changes to the government's approach to physician payment

MACRA Changes Government Approach to Doctor Payment

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New approach pays providers based on quality, value, and results delivered, but questions remain
Air pollution and ozone exposure may in part explain geographical variation in mammographic density

Air Pollution, Ozone Exposure Linked to Breast Density

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Exposure to fine particle air pollution linked to higher odds of dense breast tissue
Patients with melanoma that has spread to the abdomen who get drug therapy and surgery to remove their cancer live twice as long -- 18 months on average -- as those who only get medication

Survival Up With Surgery for Abdominal Melanoma Metastases

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Surgical resection remains important treatment consideration, researchers say
American adults with disabilities have lower colorectal cancer screening rates than other adults

Rates of Colorectal CA Screening Lower for Adults With Disabilities

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Transportation issues, lack of awareness, other barriers may be at issue
Risk adjustment and reinsurance transfer programs seem to have been effective for increasing revenues at the expense of claims costs

Risk Adjustment, Reinsurance Transfer Offer Financial Benefit

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Revenues exceeded claims costs after implementation of these programs

American Association for Cancer Research, April 1-5

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The American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held from April 1...
Cognitively-average elderly adults have greater annual whole-brain cortical volume loss than adults age 80 years and older with episodic memory ability at least as good as that of average middle-age adults (SuperAgers)

‘SuperAgers’ Have Less Whole-Brain Cortical Volume Loss

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Cognitively-average elderly have significantly greater annual percent change compared with SuperAgers
As HIV becomes a lifetime disease instead of a fatal disease

AACR: Cancer Burden Changing for Americans With HIV

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AIDS-linked tumors predicted to decline by 2030
Use of health literacy tools is encouraged for facilitating shared decision making

Use of Health Literacy Tools Can Promote Shared Decision Making

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Use of universal health literacy precautions toolkit ensures patients can make well-considered decisions
Magnetic resonance imaging measures can predict outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension

MRI Measures Can Predict Pulmonary Arterial HTN Outcome

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Adjusted RV-end-systolic-volume-index, relative area change of pulmonary artery predict death