Most Opioid Use Concentrated in Top 10 Percent of Users
Top 10 percent of users accounted for 76 percent of the total annual morphine equivalents
Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?
One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Longer Progression-Free Survival for Durvalumab in NSCLC
Longer median progression-free survival from randomization, higher response rate with durvalumab
Median Cost of Cancer Drug Development $648.0 Million
Total revenue from sales of 10 drugs was $67.0 billion, with total R&D spending of $7.2 billion
Center Surgical Volume Linked to LVAD Patient Outcomes
Worse survival at centers performing ≤10 left ventricular assist device implants/year
AMA Joins Brief Seeking VA Coverage of Sex Reassignment Sx
Several organizations support transgender veterans seeking to repeal policy of not covering SRS
Budget Cuts Threaten Research on Antimicrobial Resistance
Patient safety, international status of the U.S. as leader in combating AMR both at risk
Pre-Cosmetic Sx Advice May Aid Long-Term Smoking Cessation
More than 40 percent of 42 daily smokers were no longer smoking cigarettes at long-term follow-up
Docs Should Be Aware of Family Beliefs Regarding Nondisclosure
Evidence from Middle East literature suggests variability in practices, preferences of truth telling
More Research Needed for Vitamin D’s Cardiac Effect in PCI
Little effect on cardiac biomarker levels; significant effect on mean difference in CK-MB, hs-CRP
