Increase Seen in Opioid-, Synthetic Opioid-Involved OD Deaths
From 2015 to 2017, number of opioid-involved overdose deaths increased for nearly all racial/ethnic groups
Many Not Receiving Guideline-Concordant Tx for Lung Cancer
Elderly, non-Hispanic blacks particularly less likely to receive recommended lung cancer treatment
Many Oncologists Fail to Discuss Costs of Genomic Testing
About a quarter of oncologists say they rarely, never bring up costs when they discuss genomic testing
Hospitalizations May Hasten Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
Association more pronounced for those with more tangle pathology, neocortical Lewy bodies
Borderline Personality Disorder May Raise Cardiometabolic Risk
Borderline personality traits, depression associated with extent of midlife cardiometabolic risk
Equivalence Seen Between Drug Classes for HTN Monotherapy
Thiazide, thiazide-like diuretics superior to ACEi; nondihydropyridine calcium channel blockers inferior
Risk for Birth Defects Not Increased With Adalimumab
Risk for preterm delivery higher in women with RA, Crohn disease regardless of adalimumab exposure
Risk for Second Primary Malignancy Up in CLL Survivors
SPM risk higher for men and nonwhites, after chemotherapy, for recent years of diagnosis, for advanced age
Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor-Ivacaftor Efficacious for Cystic Fibrosis
Percentage of FEV1 higher at four weeks and through 24 weeks with treatment versus placebo
CDC: Prevalence of Diabetes Has Plateaued Since 2012 for Seniors
Prevalence increased from 23.3 percent in 2001 to high of 32.2 percent in 2012, then plateaued
