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Converting a single weekly meeting to a walking meeting can help raise work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers

‘Walking Meetings’ Feasible Strategy for Employee Wellness

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Walking meetings increase on-the-job activity levels for white-collar workers
U.S. health officials on Monday updated their Zika virus guidelines

CDC Updates Guidelines on Sexual Transmission of Zika

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Any sex partner, male or female, has potential to pass the virus on, agency says
A vaccine to help protect against chlamydia is proving to be effective

Widely Protective Vaccine Against Chlamydia Appears Promising

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Bacteria's ability to spread within cells was halted, researcher says
Surgeons who are less likely to discuss the preventability of an adverse event are more likely to be negatively affected by disclosure of these events

Disclosure of Adverse Events May Impact Surgeon Well-Being

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Those who report difficulty discussing experiences more likely to be negatively affected by disclosure
While overall U.S. medical spending growth slowed between 2004 and 2013

Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy

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But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor
Varicocele embolization has a high rate of technical success

Success Rate High for Varicocele Embolization

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Groin, neck approaches same in terms of radiation dose/screening time, success, complications
Medicare per capita spending was much higher for beneficiaries who died during 2014 than for those who survived the entire year

Medicare Spending Up for Decedents Versus Survivors

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Average per capita spending for Medicare beneficiaries who died 4-fold higher than survivors
Labor compensation remains the single largest contributor to costs among physicians' offices

Labor Compensation, Purchased Goods, Service Biggest Spends

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Purchased goods and services saw the largest increase in 2012 spending
The social networking app Grindr is feasible for distributing HIV self-test kits to men who have sex with men

Grindr Feasible for Distributing HIV Self-Tests to High-Risk MSM

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Feasible for distribution of kits to black, Latino men who have sex with men in Los Angeles
For patients treated for T1a renal cell carcinoma

X-Rays Have Low Diagnostic Yield for Pulmonary Metastases

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Findings in patients treated for T1a renal cell carcinoma followed with X-ray surveillance