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Diminished employment two years after early-stage breast cancer diagnosis is associated with African-American race and uninsured or publicly insured status

Race, Insurance Status Affects Job Status After Breast Cancer

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African-American race and uninsured, publicly insured status linked to diminished employment
Trials to evaluate drugs or devices used to treat chronic medical conditions that are published early in the chain of evidence often show an exaggerated treatment effect compared with subsequent trials

Early Studies Often Show Exaggerated Treatment Effect

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Findings based on assessment of trials evaluating drugs, devices to treat chronic medical conditions
From 2011 to 2014

RBC, Plasma Transfusions Drop From 2011 to 2014

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Red blood cell and plasma transfusions decreased, while platelet transfusions remained stable
In a position paper published online Feb. 27 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Recommendations for Optimizing Hidden Curriculum in Medicine

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Clinical learning environment should be optimized by ensuring what is taught in classroom is modeled
Understanding nonadherence in patients and encouraging a change in attitude toward patients and their medication can improve medication adherence

Understanding Rx Nonadherence Can Improve Adherence

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Changing attitudes toward patients and their medication adherence can improve adherence
Reduced health-related quality of life in surgically and medically treated patients with glaucoma is associated with factors including worse diplopia

Factors for Poor HRQOL ID’d in Patients Treated for Glaucoma

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Glaucoma drainage device linked to worse HRQOL compared with trabeculectomy, medical treatment
There are few significant differences in target-vessel failure with different types of second-generation drug-eluting stents for obstructive left main coronary artery disease

Second-Gen Drug-Eluting Stents Similarly Effective for LMCAD

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Only one significant between-group difference in three-year risk of target-vessel failure for left main CAD
Children undergoing cardiac surgery from the lowest-income neighborhoods have worse outcomes

Peds Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Vary by Neighborhood Income

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Children from lowest-income neighborhoods have increased mortality, longer hospital stay
Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence May Help Prevent Physician Burnout

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Many potential uses for AI, including improving searches and documentation, selecting treatment
The antibiotic clarithromycin (brand name: Biaxin) may increase the long-term risk of heart problems and death in patients with heart disease

FDA Warns of Possible Heart Risks Linked to Clarithromycin

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Agency advising doctors to consider prescribing other antibiotics to patients with coronary heart disease