Periodontal Disease, Caries Linked to Risk for Ischemic Stroke, MACE
Lower odds of periodontal disease and caries seen in association with regular dental care
Intranasal Insulin, Empagliflozin Have Promising Effects on Cognition
Intranasal insulin increased mPACC-5, modulated fractional anisotropy and cerebral blood flow
Low Placental Growth Factor Predicts Early-Onset Preeclampsia in Patients With SCD
PlGF cutoff <100 pg/mL demonstrated 100 percent sensitivity and specificity at 20 to 24 weeks of gestation for early-onset preeclampsia
AAO: Machine Learning Outperforms Human Graders for Diagnosing Glaucoma
Human and machine learning vertical cup-disc-ratio explained 17 and 31 percent of glaucoma status variance in right eye, 20 and 35 percent of variance in left eye
Macrovascular Infiltration May Predict Cancer Mortality
Spikes in circulating tumor cell clusters identified immediately preceding death
Recommendations Issued for Surveillance of Barrett Esophagus
Conditional recommendation in favor of surveillance for nondysplastic BE, against surveillance for columnar-lined esophagus <1 cm
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oct. 11-14
Hormone Tx Linked to Incidence, Risk for Autoimmune Disease Postmenopause
Significant increases in risk were observed for all autoimmune diseases except Graves disease and autoimmune hepatitis
Medicaid Expansion Tied to Smaller Declines in Early-Stage Cancer Detection
Smaller declines seen in early-stage cancer diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic in adults aged 18 to 44 years, men, those with high comorbidity burden
Primary Care Physicians Spend 61.8 Hours/Week Caring for Patient Panel
For a full-time PCP, this translates to a median of 1.7 hours per patient per year
