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For patients with diabetes mellitus with multivessel coronary disease

AHA: Lasting Benefit for CABG in Diabetes, Multivessel Disease

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Lower all-cause mortality in CABG group versus PCI-DES group after median follow-up of 7.5 years
Coverage for adult obesity care improved substantially in Medicaid and state employee insurance programs between 2009 and 2017

Insurance Coverage for Adult Obesity Care Increasing

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Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017
Patients with uncomplicated appendicitis undergoing nonoperative management are more likely to have an appendicitis-associated readmission and to develop an abscess

Harms ID’d With Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis

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Higher likelihood of readmission, developing abscess; more follow-up needed in year after admission
Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines

Name-Brand Medications Driving Spike in U.S. Drug Spending

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Greatest costs for Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Novolog, and Neulasta
For patients with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Recurrence Rate Not Up With Autologous Fat Transfer

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Reconstruction with autologous fat transfer seems not to increase rate of locoregional recurrence
Data from patient- and family-reported error narratives indicate that problems related to patient-physician interactions are major contributors to diagnostic errors

Patient Experiences Shed Light on Diagnostic Errors

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Problems related to patient-physician interactions contribute to diagnostic errors
There is an urgent need for blood and platelet donations in the United States because donations during September and October fell 21

Red Cross Issues Urgent Call for Blood Ahead of the Holidays

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More than 4,300 blood drives needed to stop the shortage from continuing throughout the winter
By collecting data on suicides by medical students

AMA to Collect Data on Suicide Among Doctors-in-Training

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Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem
When used perioperatively in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Curcumin Lacks Benefit

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None of four biomarkers indicating injury or inflammation were significantly affected by curcumin
The American College of Cardiology

Recommendations Issued for Management of Bradycardia

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Guidelines emphasize that treatment decisions should be based on evidence, patient's care goals