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The risk of dementia might be doubled for prostate cancer patients who are treated with androgen-deprivation therapy

Androgen Deprivation Therapy May Raise Dementia Risk

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Men on ADT found to have twice the risk of developing dementia within five years of treatment
A type of smokeless tobacco called snus may increase a prostate cancer patient's mortality risk

Snus Use Tied to Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality

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Safety of the smokeless tobacco product called into question
The risk of radiocontrast-associated nephropathy may be overestimated

Risk of Nephropathy From Radiocontrast Overestimated

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Risk of acute kidney injury varies by comorbidity and acuity of illness
Physicians are twice as likely to get the right diagnosis on the first try as 23 popular symptom-checking computer programs

Doctors Better Diagnosticians Than Symptom-Checker Programs

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Popular symptom checkers were half as accurate in comparison study
Despite offering assistance to individuals who cannot afford expensive medications

Copay Assist Programs Creating Problems in Health Care Markets

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Despite offering assistance to those who cannot afford meds, programs create broader problems
The U.S. health care system is one of the least efficient worldwide based on a Bloomberg index that assesses life expectancy

U.S. Health Care System Is One of the Least Efficient Worldwide

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America ranked 50 out of 55 countries in 2014, according to a Bloomberg index
After adjusting for inflation

Price Increases Larger for Older Cancer Drugs Than Newer Ones

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Older meds rose 22.7 percent in price, compared to a 6.2 percent increase for newer treatments
Effective strategies for managing physician burnout include mindfulness and stress-management training

Strategies Presented for Managing Physician Burnout

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Shorter workdays, stress-management training can help the more than half of U.S. physicians affected
Males who were conceived using intracytoplasmic sperm injection may have lower sperm quantity and quality than those conceived naturally

Males Conceived Via ICSI May Have Sperm Abnormalities

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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection linked with lower quantity and quality of offspring's sperm
Doctors are spending more than $32

Doctors Spending in Excess of $32,000 on Health IT

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Costs increased by 40 percent between 2009 and 2015 and are expected to continue increasing