Feds Urge States to Slow Down on Dropping People From Medicaid
States are now reevaluating Medicaid eligibility after having been prohibited from dropping people during the early years of the pandemic
Clinical Language Model Can Predict Readmission
Model trained on clinical notes that accurately predict three clinical and two operational tasks
U.S. Life Expectancy Disadvantage Began in 1950s, Worsened Over Time
Fifty-six countries from six continents surpassed U.S. life expectancy during 1933 to 2021
ChatGPT Offers Evidence-Based Answers for Common Public Health Questions
However, responses generally offered advice and not referrals to resources
ASCO: FOLFOX Noninferior to Chemoradiotherapy for Overall Survival in Rectal Cancer
Findings seen in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery
Survival Noninferior With Heart Donated After Circulatory Death
Risk-adjusted six-month survival noninferior for patients receiving heart from circulatory-death, brain-death donor
ASCO: Extended Lymph Node Removal Not Beneficial for Bladder Cancer
No benefit in terms of disease-free or overall survival seen for those with muscle-invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy
CDC Raises Alarm About Meningitis Threat to Patients Visiting Mexican Surgical Clinics
The CDC says patients could be in danger even if they have no symptoms or just mild ones
Sliding Hip Screws Feasible for Trochanteric Fractures
One-year outcomes similar to those seen with fixation using intramedullary nails
Tonsillectomy Both Clinically Effective and Cost-Effective
Findings seen for adult patients with recurrent acute tonsillitis