Patient Factors May Predict Opioid Use After Discharge
Certain factors, such as anxiety, associated with greater opioid use in the month after major surgery
Women With Heart Attack Do Present With Typical Symptoms
Typical symptoms of myocardial infarction more common in women than men
Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Kidney Transplants
Increases in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants greater in Medicaid expansion states
Hep C-Viremic Kidneys Increasingly Used for Transplant
One-year eGFR similar for HCV-seronegative recipients receiving HCV-viremic, non-HCV-viremic kidneys
Most Diagnosed With Dementia Do Not Receive Specialty Care
Identification of etiological subtype of dementia more likely in patients who see a specialist
Nine States Now Have an Obesity Rate Above 35 Percent
Plus, statistically significant increases seen in adult obesity rates in 33 states between 2013 and 2018
VA May Have to Pay Billions for Veterans’ Emergency Care Claims
Law says VA must pay emergency medical expenses if they are not covered by private insurance
Scientists Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR in Attempt to Cure HIV
Attempt failed, but tool appears precise and safe and holds promise
Incidence of T2DM Rising in Fewer Populations Since 2006
Incidence rising in 33 percent of populations versus increase in 66 percent of populations in 1990 to 2005
H. Pylori Treatment May Reduce Gastric Cancer Incidence, Death
Reductions in gastric cancer mortality seen with H. pylori treatment, vitamin, garlic supplementation
