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• QOL With Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure Worse for Women Than Men Quality of life in patients with ambulatory advanced heart failure is worse among women than among men, according to findings.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2019
• Risk Factors for Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Anterior LVO Which factors may predict acute ischemic stroke caused by anterior large vessel occlusion?
  Stroke, June 2019
• EULAR 2019Imaging Can Mislead in Inflammatory Arthritis Tests can help clinicians assess patients with suspected inflammatory arthritis, but 'it shouldn't drive' treatment, an expert reminds rheumatologists.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Just Say No to the ICD in Patients With Kidney Disease Little evidence supports the use of ICDs in patients with kidney disease. A bold new study in patients on dialysis suggests that the devices should be avoided. John Mandrola, MD, weighs in.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Cancer and Microbiome, Radiation Effects, Period Vacuums A quick overview of three medical stories that are worth a mention.
  Medscape, June 2019
• FDA Updates Regulations on Mammography Proposed amendments to mammography regulations include increased reporting to patients and providers and greater transparency about mammography facilities.
  FDA Expert Commentaries and Interviews, June 2019
• A Brief Overview of the Paclitaxel Devices in PAD Controversy   Concerns have been raised about late mortality with paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents in peripheral interventions. The FDA has convened a panel.
  Medscape Cardiology, June 2019
• We Often Get CAP Wrong: Case Challenges The diagnostic and treatment complexities of community-acquired pneumonia are far from straightforward.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 2019
• Overview of Primary Dementias as Clinicopathological Entities This paper presents a clinicopathological approach to characterizing primary dementias by their different dementia-causing pathologies and their clinical phenotype.
  Seminars in Neurology, June 2019
• Chemo Alone in Advanced Endometrial Cancer? Chemotherapy plus radiation was not associated with longer relapse-free survival than chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• ASCO 2019Robotic Surgery vs Radiation in Oropharyngeal Cancer The only trial directly comparing the two modalities found better swallowing outcomes with radiotherapy, but no difference in survival.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Updated Tuberculosis Guidelines for Healthcare Workers   In response to the declining number of TB cases, the guidelines for screening, testing, and treatment of healthcare workers have been updated. Here are the key points to know.
  CDC Expert Commentary, June 2019
• Ordering Advanced Imaging? Get Ready for New Medicare Rules Starting in January 2020, Medicare will require that providers use a certified clinical decision support system when ordering advanced imaging tests for eight common conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Attractiveness May Help Applicants Land Residency Interviews Researchers tested whether facial features and weight play a part in who makes the interviewing cut for radiology residency slots at five major academic centers.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• PET/CT May Be Useful for Challenging Cases of Hyperparathyroidism For patients with hyperparathyroidism, 18F-fluorocholine positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET/CT) may be indicated in difficult cases and when first-line tests are negative or discordant, researchers suggest.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2019
• Aquablation Shows "Promising" Outcomes in BPH Patients With Large Prostates Aquablation appears to effectively and safely treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in prostates of up to 150 cc, an industry-funded study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2019
• Paclitaxel in PAD Warnings Echo Past Drug-Eluting Stent Scare A meta-analysis shows a late mortality signal for paclitaxel-coated devices in peripheral interventions, echoing the late stent thrombosis scare tied to first-generation drug-eluting coronary stents.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 2019
• ESOC 2019AI Not Quite Ready to Make the Call on Stroke Imaging 'Natural intelligence' — that is, physician interpretation — still comes out ahead of artificial intelligence for stroke imaging, although enhanced versions of AI software are on the horizon.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Jury Still Out on Best Settings, Duration of Ultrasound Treatment for Chronic Joint Pain It is still too early to make definite recommendations on the settings or duration of therapeutic ultrasound for chronic pain in the knee, hip or shoulder, the authors of a systematic review say.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2019
• Breast MRI May Up Biopsy, Cancer-Detection Rates in Women With Breast-Cancer History Compared with surveillance mammography, breast MRI results in higher biopsy rates and higher cancer-detection rates in women with a personal history of breast cancer, suggests an observational study.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2019