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Phone-Based Intervention Aids Rheumatoid Arthritis Care
Educational phone calls with nurses promote shared decision making in care
Early PT Linked to Less Opioid Use in Musculoskeletal Pain
For opioid-naive patients, early physical therapy tied to less opioid use in shoulder, neck, knee, back pain
Emotional Stress of Holidays Can Trigger Heart Attacks
Higher risk seen on Christmas Eve, particularly in older adults with diabetes, heart disease
Post-Inflammatory Polyps Not Linked to Colorectal Neoplasia
PIPs linked to more severe inflammation, greater disease extent, reduced odds of sclerosing cholangitis
Apixaban Prevents VTE in Cancer Patients Initiating Chemotherapy
Major bleeding occurred in more apixaban-treated than control patients
Dementia Often Misclassified With Brief Cognitive Assessments
Only consistent predictor of overall misclassification was absence of informant-rated poor memory
Racial Disparities Seen Among Teens Undergoing Flu Vaccination
Hispanics have higher odds of vaccination, blacks have lower odds compared with whites
T2DM Linked to Decline in Verbal Memory, Fluency in Older Adults
Brain atrophy does not appear to mediate the diabetes-cognition relationship
Certain Sites of Brain Lesions in MS Tied to Bowel Incontinence
Left hemisphere dominates sensory visceral integration, right tied to the autonomic function
EHR-Linked Reminder System for Glaucoma Meds Perceived Useful
Seventy-four percent of participants who used configured reminders found them to be useful
