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Regular aspirin use is associated with reduced mortality

AACR: Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Lower Cancer Mortality

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Regular aspirin use linked to lower risk of dying from cancer, especially colorectal, breast, prostate cancer
Insurance products offered by hospitals and health systems

Vertical Integration Insurance Products of Higher Quality

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Slight increase in percentage of insurance products offered by hospitals, health systems from 2011-2015
Nine out of 10 American doctors are happy with their choice of profession

90 Percent of U.S. Physicians Satisfied With Career Choice

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AMA survey of physicians, residents, and medical students finds most are satisfied despite challenges
Postoperative urinary retention is a common morbidity after surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Post-Op Urinary Retention Common After Spinal Stenosis Sx

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A post-op voiding care protocol recommended in elderly, after long surgeries
Treating obstructive sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure might help reduce episodes of nocturia

Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Increase Nighttime Urination

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Researchers find nocturia reduced when CPAP is used
In a position paper published online March 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine

ACP Issues Challenge to Cut Task Burden and Put Patients First

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American College of Physicians details policy recommendations to reduce administrative burden
The volume of insurance advertisements during the first Affordable Care Act enrollment period correlated with change in uninsurance rates

TV Ads for ACA Enrollment Linked to Decline in Uninsured Rates

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Counties exposed to higher volumes of local insurance ads had larger drop in uninsurance
The incidence of oxybutynin prescription was 27.3 percent among elderly individuals receiving antimuscarinic prescriptions from 2006 to 2012

Oxybutynin Frequently Used for Overactive Bladder in U.S. Elderly

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Despite known adverse effects, including cognitive decline, oxybutynin most frequently prescribed
Magnetic resonance imaging-targeted biopsy could reduce the need for biopsies and overdiagnosis with low-grade prostate cancer

MRI-Based Strategy Reduces Biopsies in Prostate CA Screening

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MRI-based screening could reduce unnecessary biopsies, overdiagnosis of low-grade cancer
From 1992 to 2014 there was a decrease in the rate of malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in the United States

Paid Malpractice Claims Cut in Half From 1992 to 2014 in U.S.

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But, increase in mean compensation amounts and percentage of paid claims exceeding $1 million