Patient Education Can Improve Chronic Disease Management
Improvement seen in patients' ability to manage disease, medical students' ability to educate them
Breast Screening Linked to Lower Risk for Breast Cancer Death
Screening linked to 60 percent lower risk for dying from breast cancer within 10 years after diagnosis
Lack of Peds Preventive Care Ups Unplanned Hospital Admissions
Infants and children lacking vaccinations, development checks more likely to be admitted
Rural Residence, Poverty Are Risk Factors for COPD
Among never-smokers, rural residence, neighborhood use of coal linked to risk for COPD
Many Americans Unaware of Promise of Personalized Medicine
41 percent are not at all familiar with personalized medicine; only 5 percent say they are very familiar
Since 1999, Uterine Cancer Incidence, Mortality Up
Incidence of uterine cancer higher among non-Hispanic black and white women; more deaths for blacks
Smartphone App Uses Fingernail Bed Images to Detect Anemia
App uses color and metadata from fingernails to detect hemoglobin levels in the blood
SABCS: Breast Cancer Outcomes Worse for Blacks Despite Similar Gene RS
Black race was associated with worse clinical outcomes among entire population
Colonoscopy Receipt Varies After Advanced Adenoma Diagnosis
Percent of patients receiving subsequent colonoscopy within 3.5 years varies from 18.3 to 59.5 percent
Recommendations Developed for Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment
Guideline includes use of treat-to-target strategy for all adult patients with active PsA
