Active Surveillance Feasible for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer
Patients undergoing immediate surgery experience greater anxiety than patients in active surveillance
Medical Debt Tied to Worsening of Food, Housing Insecurity
Risk factors for medical indebtedness include hospitalization, disability, high deductible, Medicare Advantage, and no insurance coverage
Smoking May Increase Odds of Meniere Disease in Men
Alcohol consumption associated with decreased odds of MD in men; being underweight linked to decreased odds of MD
MRI Techniques Compared for Assessing Hydrops in Meniere Disease
3-D real IR has better image quality than 3-D FLAIR sequence for assessment of endolymphatic hydrops in Meniere disease
Anxiety, Depression Scores Up in Meniere Disease, Vertigo
Anxiety score and anxiety severity higher for those with Meniere disease versus those with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo
Physician Burnout May Raise Risk for Patient Safety Events
Burnout also associated with decreased job satisfaction, low professionalism, patient dissatisfaction
Biden Makes Another Push for Cancer Moonshot Initiative
President likened JFK's space race to his own effort to slash cancer rates by 50 percent in the next 25 years
Telemedicine, In-Person Visits Show High Diagnostic Concordance
Variance seen by specialty, with lower concordance for primary care
AI Model May Be Better at Diagnosing Pediatric Ear Infections
On small data set, model achieved 95.5 percent accuracy in assessment of endoscopic ear images compared with 65.0 percent for clinicians
U.S. Safety-Net Providers Report Moral Distress in Early Pandemic
Moral distress emerged from being unable to provide optimal care, seeing pandemic’s effects on patients, coworkers
