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Engaging in ultraviolet indoor tanning is associated with increased use of skin cancer examinations

Skin Cancer Examinations More Likely for Indoor Tanning Users

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Indoor tanning bed users more likely to have done skin cancer self-exams, had professional exams
Higher daily average inpatient pain scores and higher postoperative opioid consumption are associated with a subsequent persistent opioid use of up to six months among pediatric patients undergoing major oncologic surgery

Factors ID’d for Persistent Opioid Use After Pediatric Surgery

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Findings in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemo
Mifepristone pretreatment improves medical management of early pregnancy loss

Mifepristone Pre-Tx Improves Management of Early Miscarriage

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Successful management likely for pretreatment with mifepristone followed by misoprostol
Black and Hispanic patients are at higher risk for stroke recurrence than white patients

Disparities for Risk of Recurrent Hemorrhagic Stroke Unexplained

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Higher risk of second hemorrhagic stroke in blacks, Hispanics, not fully explained by hypertension severity
Online physician reviews tend to be skewed positively

Online Consumer Ratings of Physicians Tend to Be Skewed

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Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group
The lifetime risks of Alzheimer's disease dementia vary considerably by age

Lifetime Risks Temper Biomarker Tests for Alzheimer Dz Dementia

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Those younger than 85 years with MCI, amyloidosis, neurodegeneration have risk >50 percent
Post-transplant hepatitis C treatment increases access to transplant and reduces waitlist time among hepatitis C-positive patients awaiting kidney transplantation

Post-Transplant Tx Reduces Wait for Kidney in Hep C+ Patients

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Delaying treatment until after transplant doesn't adversely impact kidney allograft or survival
The rate of mental health-related physician office visits is higher to psychiatrists than primary care physicians for all adults except those aged 65 years and older

More Adults Go to Psychiatrist, Not PCP, for Mental Health Care

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But, older adults just as likely to see a primary care physician for mental health-related issues
Job strain is associated with an increased risk of death among men with cardiometabolic disease

Job Strain May Raise Death Risk in Men With Cardiometabolic Dz

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Increased mortality greater than excess linked to HTN, obesity, physical inactivity, high alcohol intake
Three assays may detect early lung cancer in blood samples using genome sequencing

ASCO: New Assays May Detect Early Lung Cancer in Blood

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Targeted sequencing, whole-genome sequencing, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing show potential