Patients Find Note Reading Important for Health Management
Few patients very confused or more worried after reading clinicians' outpatient visit notes
T2Bacteria Panel Accurately IDs Bloodstream Infections
Mean time to species identification 3.61 to 7.70 hours, depending on number of samples tested
Prevalence of Low Back Pain About 26.4 Percent in U.S. Workers
16.9 percent of workers with any low back pain missed at least one day of work in previous three months
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 3-6
The 67th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and...
Prior Training Increases Internists’ Knowledge of PrEP for HIV
IM residents with training report more frequent prescribing, higher comfort level in educating patients
Infection Risk Lower With Certain Psoriasis Treatments
Risk for serious infection reduced for new users of apremilast, etanercept, ustekinumab versus methotrexate
Standard Outcome Measures Developed for Pediatric Facial Palsy
Standard measures allow for recording outcomes of facial palsy treatments among pediatric patients
Adverse Childhood Experiences Linked to Worse Lupus Outcomes
More adverse childhood experiences associated with depression, poor overall health for those with SLE
Higher Risk for Cancer, Mortality Seen With Pediatric-Onset IBD
Risk for cancer, mortality increased for patients with pediatric-onset ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease
DDW: Parkinson Disease Risk Up After Appendectomy
Risk greater for those aged 18 years and up, Caucasians, African-Americans, Asians