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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is listening to physicians and wants to address the regulatory burdens they face

HHS Wants to Help Restore Joy of Medicine

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Agency listening to physicians and addressing concerns including EHR usability, meaningful use
Boosting older adults' colorectal cancer screening rates to 80 percent by 2018 would lead to 21

Coalition Calls for Increased Colorectal Cancer Screening

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Coalition aims for 80 percent participation by 2018
Adding a simple tetanus shot to dendritic cell immunotherapy for glioblastoma dramatically extended some patients' survival in a small new study. The study was published online March 11 in Nature.

Tetanus Shot Ups Survival With Brain Tumor Immunotherapy

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One patient with glioblastoma still alive nine years later
Patients with low-risk prostate or breast cancer may have higher or lower odds of getting an unnecessary imaging based on geography

Where You Live May Impact Use of Unnecessary Imaging

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Doctors tend to order more imaging technologies in the Northeast, researchers found
Cochlear implants not only boost hearing in seniors with severe hearing loss

Cochlear Implantation Associated With Improved Cognition

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Older people with severe hearing loss who received the devices had less depression, better mental skills
While some thinking skills begin to decline as one ages

Emotional Intelligence Peaks in Middle Age

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Overall knowledge base highest for seniors
Your voice may be the key to landing a new job

Getting Heard May Be Key to Getting New Job

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Pitch for job was more convincing when evaluators heard it than when they read it
For patients with early-onset colorectal cancer

Frequency of Germline TP53 Mutations ID’d in Early-Onset CRC

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Germline mutations detected at a frequency of 1.3 percent in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer
Management of pain is an important component in improving the quality of care in hospitals from a patient's perspective

Patients Say Pain Control Is Key to Quality of Care in Hospitals

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Patient-provider shared decision-making may improve pain outcomes
A new model has been proposed for classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases ahead of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

New Model Proposed for Hypersensitivity/Allergic Disease

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International collaboration validated classification proposal using crowdsourcing