2017 Saw Slowing in National Health Care Spending
Slower growth in health care spending mainly due to use and intensity of goods and services
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Prostate Cancer Linked
At age 60, men with inflammatory bowel disease have higher values of prostate-specific antigen
Guidance Offered for Infection Control in Anesthesia Work Area
Measures include hand hygiene, alcohol-based hand rub use, disinfection of anesthesia machine
Greater Patient Delays for Women With STEMI Than Men
Greater patient delays accounted for 12 percent greater ischemic time among women in 2012 to 2016
Considerable Morbidity, Mortality Due to Animal Encounters
Greatest number of deaths for bites from nonvenomous arthropods; rat bites most lethal
Tailored Feedback at CRC Screen Improves Lifestyle Behaviors
Number of cancer-preventive lifestyle behaviors increased with TF at sigmoidoscopy screening
Fasting-Evoked Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Is Prevalent
17.1 percent of patients reported having experienced one or more events in previous year
Young Breast Cancer Patients Face Higher Risk for Osteoporosis
Women diagnosed before age 50 have twice the risk versus cancer-free peers
Continuity of Care Tied to Lower Expenditures, Hospitalization
Expenditures lower for those cared for by docs in highest quintile of Bice-Boxerman continuity score
Case Numbers of U.S. Children With Polio-Like Illness Hit Record High
CDC says there have been 158 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in 36 states
