AAN: Isradipine Offers No Benefit in Parkinson Disease
No significant treatment effect seen in UPDRS Part I to III score measured in the ON state
Sharing Data With Surgeons Can Reduce Overuse of Mohs Surgery
Mean stages per case reduced; reduction in Medicare spending estimated to be $11.1 million
New Recommendations Developed for Breast Cancer Screening
Guideline based on individual breast cancer risk profile, with specific screening strategies
Registry Can Reduce CRE Carriers, CRE Prevalence
Incident carriers, prevalence of CRE reduced even when only 25 percent of facilities participate
DDW: Lasting Weight Loss Seen With Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
Patients were predicted to achieve their minimum weight at 24 months after ESG
Doctors Aware of Patient Difficulties Affording Medical Care
Three-quarters of doctors surveyed say they consider out-of-pocket costs when making clinical decisions
Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning Have Increased in Teens
Increase from 2011 to 2018 among children aged 10 to 18 years mainly driven by girls
Generic Version of Truvada Available in U.S. by Sept. 2020
Activists have been urging Gilead to make the generic drug more widely available
CDC: HIV Racial Disparity Measure Decreased From 2010 to 2016
Most incident HIV infections among black women would not have occurred if rates were same as for whites
2018 Saw More Employed Physicians Than Self-Employed
Proportion of physicians working in practices wholly owned by physicians dropped to 54 percent in 2018
