Cerebrovascular Reserve-Based Strategy Is Cost-Effective
Cost-effective tool for prevention of stroke in asymptomatic patients with carotid artery stenosis
Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram
Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography
MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy May Yield Better Results
Spots more aggressive cancer, but fewer low-risk cases
Exercise Regimen Beneficial in Head, Neck CA Radiation Tx
Significant benefits of exercise regimen in reducing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement
Most PCPs Consider Advanced Imaging of Value to Patient Care
Docs whose careers predate proliferation of imaging assign higher value to advanced imaging
More Variation in Costs Than Outcomes of PCI in VA System
Smaller variation in one-year risk-adjusted mortality than in risk-standardized costs after PCI
May Be Room for Improvement in U/S Transducer Hygiene
Research indicates some institutions use cover materials of unacceptable permeability
ASCO Reports Biggest Clinical Cancer Advances for 2015
The advance of the year is approval of four new therapies for treatment of CLL
PCPs Can Use U/S to Rationalize Tx in Acute Shoulder Pain
Rotator cuff disease present in 81 percent of patients; an age of 40 or older strongly linked to disease
Metabolic Syndrome May Raise Death Risk Postangiography
Significantly increased risk for stable patients but not for those with acute coronary syndrome
