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Physicians who volunteer their medical expertise should consider their legal risks

Volunteer Doctors Need to Check Liability Coverage

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Immunity laws vary by state; liability policies vary coverage outside of regular practice
Radiation and chemotherapy can cause structural changes in the healthy brain tissue of patients with glioblastoma brain tumors

Chemoradiation for Glioblastoma Takes Toll on Brain

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Structural changes include reduced gray matter volume and ventricular enlargement
Adiposity is associated with an increased risk of meningioma but not glioma

Meta-Analysis Links Adiposity to Increased Risk of Meningioma

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High versus low levels of physical activity linked to reduction in risk of meningioma
In academic medicine

Women Less Likely to Be Full Professors Than Men

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And male grant applicants report significantly higher startup support compared with females
There is significant geographic variation in the costs of posterolateral fusion

Geographic Variation in Costs of Posterolateral Fusion

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Variation seen in costs of PLF, total knee arthroplasty, TKA with major complications
A chronic disease cost calculator has been developed to estimate state-level costs

CDC Develops State-Level Chronic Disease Cost Calculator

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Calculator identifies median state-specific medical costs and median absenteeism costs
Tighter blood glucose control may have a protective effect against dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes

Lower HbA1c Levels Linked to Less Dementia in T2DM

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Poor control linked to 50 percent higher risk of being admitted to hospital in future for dementia
For patients with cervicogenic headache

Lasting Analgesia for Subcompartmental GON Block

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Subcompartmental greater occipital nerve block gives 24 weeks analgesia in cervicogenic headache
Resveratrol and its major metabolites penetrate the blood-brain barrier to have central nervous system effects in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Resveratrol Impacts Central Nervous System Biomarkers

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High-dose oral resveratrol safe and well tolerated in Alzheimer's disease patients
An initial attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis may be associated with delayed autism spectrum disorder diagnosis

Autism Diagnosis May Be Delayed With Co-Occurring ADHD

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Co-occurrence increases likelihood of autism diagnosis after age 6