AMA Aims to Boost Affordability of ACA Marketplace Plans
Association addresses need for outreach to increase the number of people insured
Patient Experience Officers Can Play Key Role in Medical Offices
Officers ensure patients have a positive experience before, during, and after office visit
Virtual Reality Treatments Can Alleviate Fear of Heights
Significant reduction in fear of heights at the end of two-week treatment period, four-week follow-up
Asthma, Uncontrolled Asthma Associated With Risk of A-Fib
Dose-response association seen between levels of asthma control and risk of atrial fibrillation
Women Often Unaware of Their Hospital’s Religious Affiliation
Authors say findings have implications for reproductive health care decisions
Drop in Childhood Pneumococcal, Hib Deaths From 2000 to 2015
Most children who died of pneumococcus and Hib presented with pneumonia
Parental Incarceration Linked to Unhealthy Behaviors in Teens
History of mother and father incarceration linked to forgone health care, prescription drug abuse
Basal Insulin Analogs Don’t Cut Hypoglycemia-Linked ER Visits
No reduced risk of hypoglycemia-linked ER visits, admissions for basal insulin analog vs. NPH insulin
Polio-Rhinovirus Promising for Malignant Glioma Patients
Intratumoral infusion appears to be safe, improve survival in those with grade IV malignant glioma
High Incidence of Myopia Among Chinese Schoolchildren
Incidence of myopia based on refraction without cycloplegia is 20 to 30 percent each year
