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• Mayo Clinic Retains Top Ranking for Endocrinology Care The hospital received a perfect score of 100 out of 100 points for patient care in Diabetes & Endocrinology and maintained its number one position in the field.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• No Change in Standard of Care for HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer Interim results of a large phase III trial showed that patients treated with a cetuximab regimen has worse survival than those treated with cisplatin plus radiation therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Updates in the Treatment of Active and Latent Tuberculosis Get up-to-date on the latest advances in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
  Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, August 2018
• Alert FDA Approves Nivolumab (Opdivo) for Small Cell Lung Cancer The new approval is accelerated and is therefore conditional upon further proof of efficacy, but the checkpoint inhibitor becomes the first approved option in advanced SCLC in a long time.
  FDA Approvals, August 2018
• No Benefit From RAI After Second Thyroid Cancer Surgery Patients with recurrent thyroid cancer who undergo a second operation do not experience a reduction in subsequent recurrence if they receive postoperative radioactive iodine (RAI), say US investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Ultrasound Surveillance More Cost-Effective Than Biopsy for Certain Thyroid Nodules
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Demystifying AI: An Imaging Tool Ready to Explode How is artificial intelligence being integrated into radiological systems? This brief report highlights some of the exciting developments taking shape in this field.
  Applied Radiology, August 2018
• Alert FDA Approves Lenvatinib (Lenvima) for Liver Cancer The oral therapy lenvatinib joins sorafenib as the only drugs approved for first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
  FDA Approvals, August 2018
• Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Analysis: Predictor of Malignancy? Dr Lowenfels comments on a study that examines whether four protein markers present in the pancreatic cyst fluid increased the predictive accuracy of detecting a high-risk IPMN.
  Medscape General Surgery, August 2018
• AI vs Docs: Diagnostic Errors What do Medscape's readers think about the accuracy of diagnosis by artificial intelligence compared with by physicians?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 2018
• MRI-Based PIRADS Score Aids in Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• New AI Platform Diagnoses Brain Disease in Seconds A novel artificial intelligence platform diagnoses neurologic diseases on the basis of brain CT scans in seconds -- saving both time and lives, say
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Lung Cancer Overdiagnosis Rate 67% in Danish Low-Dose CT Trial Researchers urge caution in interpreting the much higher rate of overdiagnosis in the Danish trial compared to the US National Lung Screening Trial.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• 'Lessons Must Be Learned': UK Societies on Bawa-Garba Ruling The UK Court of Appeal decision that will soon allow Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba to return to work was met with relief by most medical societies there; the overwhelming sentiment was 'lessons must be learned.'
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Common Prescribing Blunders Dr Douglas Paauw provides a quick reminder of common prescribing blunders that he still sees in his large referral practice.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, August 2018
• Shared Decision 'Virtually Absent' in Lung Cancer Screen Chat A preliminary study shows clinicians spent less than 60 seconds discussing potential harms with high-risk patients, with no shared decision-making.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• When Is Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer Safe?   The ASCO Post convened an expert panel to answer questions about active surveillance of prostate cancer. Unfortunately, more questions remain, says Dr Chodak.
  Medscape Urology, August 2018
• UK Soccer Study Reignites Debate Over Cardiac Screening in Kids The study, described as the best to date, found that ECG and echocardiography screening identified high rates of sudden cardiac death in adolescent athletes but also missed six of eight sudden deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Lumpectomy Plus RT Tied to Lower Mortality in DCIS Lumpectomy plus radiation is associated with a small but statistically significant reduced risk for breast cancer-related death compared to the other major options for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Even Light Drinking May Make Fatty Liver Disease Worse People non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may still need to avoid alcohol if they want to prevent their liver damage from getting worse, a Korean study suggests. The researchers examined data on 58,927 Korean young and middle aged adults with NAFLD who had low levels of fibrosis. After following half of these patients for at least 8.3 years, 5,630 people had progressed from low to more ...
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018