Latest - Public Health & Prevention

• The Economic Burden of Bronchiectasis -- Known and Unknown This study evaluated the economic impact of bronchiectasis on patients and healthcare systems.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 2019
• Nonfatal Assaults and Homicides Among Older Adults The data in this report indicate that violence against older adults in the US is a growing problem, particularly among men.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 2019
• Three Approaches to Creating an Essential Diagnostics List What would a worldwide list of essential diagnostics tests look like, and how should we approach its development? This editorial discusses three complementary approaches.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, April 2019
• Risk of Cancer in Children and Young Adults Conceived by ART This large cohort study aimed to determine whether children conceived by assisted reproductive technology have an increased cancer risk.
  Human Reproduction, April 2019
• The Safety of Vasopressin Receptor Agonists in Septic Shock What do we currently know about the effects and safety of vasopressin receptor agonists in septic shock patients?
  Critical Care, April 2019
• Simulation Training Can Improve Operating-Room Fire Management Simulation training can significantly improve the ability to manage operating room (OR) fires, according to results from a randomized trial.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Metformin May Stop Weight Regain After Initial Loss 'Those who lost weight initially after 1 year had remarkable maintenance of the weight loss with metformin,' said the senior author of a 15-year observational study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions Differs by Gender Reported adverse reactions to specific drugs show distinct gender differences, new findings show.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Older People Feel More Youthful When They Also Feel in Control Older adults may feel younger than their age on days when they feel most in control of their lives, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• New Genetic Score Might Help Predict Risk of Barrett's Esophagus A new genetic risk score (GRS) might help predict the risk of Barrett's esophagus independently of most other risk factors, but the results are not conclusive, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Influenza Season Now Longest in a Decade, CDC Reports Influenza activity is the highest in 10 years, and although activity is subsiding, it is still elevated, possibly because of a second wave of illness with a new predominant virus, according to the CDC.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Fraying Health Safety Net Failing to Stop Syphilis in Rural America Syphilis is spreading into rural counties across the Midwest and West. Communities grappling with budget cuts and crumbling public health infrastructure lack experience in fighting the disease.
  Kaiser Health News, April 2019
• Medically Tailored Meal Delivery Improves Outcomes, Cuts Costs Participation in a medically tailored meals program cut inpatient and skilled nursing admissions and lowered care costs for people with chronic illness and food insecurity, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Wanted: More Men in Nursing It's long past time to retire the idea that nursing is a woman's job.
  Medscape Nurses, April 2019
• Budget Limits Major Constraint on Heart-Failure Research Insufficient funding is generally the most important of limitations on heart-failure research, but enrolling subjects and contract completion are also significant obstacles, according to a survey by the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA).
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• In First, New York Caps Climate Emissions From Buildings
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Attacks on Hospital in Ebola Zone Kill Cameroonian Doctor Attacks on a hospital at the epicenter of Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak have killed a Cameroonian doctor and injured several others, the local mayor said on Friday.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Evolocumab Lowers LDL-C in Diabetic Patients on Maximum Statins In patients with type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia or mixed dyslipidemia on a maximally tolerated statin, treatment with evolocumab lowers low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and improves levels of other lipids, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Judge Upholds New York City's Mandatory Measles Vaccination Order A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of parents who challenged New York City's recently imposed mandatory measles vaccination order, rejecting their arguments that the city's public health authority exceeded its authority.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Delivering Bad News: Is There a Wrong Way to Do It? Is there a place for remote communications technology in delivering bad news to a patient and family? Medscape readers debate the ethics of telemedicine when giving patients dire news.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 2019