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Rise in CRC Screening Rates After ACA Implementation
Increase in colonoscopy, other tests typically seen among poorer, less educated Americans
Arthritis, Other Chronic Disease Takes Toll on Work Force
Arthritis + other chronic health conditions may keep up to one-third affected out of workplace
Majority of Fibromyalgia Drug Trials Are Industry Sponsored
Almost two-thirds of trials had one or more authors with financial conflicts of interest
Utility Score Can Help Predict Mortality in ICU Patients
Inverted U-shaped relationship for willingness-to-pay by ICU doctor and utility score
Coaching Can Halve Radiation Dose for Pain Physicians
Knowledge of and real-time coaching with scatter dose profile cuts radiation dose by about half
Time-Updated Hemoglobin A1c Variables Linked to MI Risk
Stronger correlation for MI risk with updated latest and updated mean versus baseline HbA1c
Anxiety, Depression Impact Symptoms, QoL in GERD
Increased anxiety, depression linked to increased severity of retrosternal pain and heartburn
Most ER Patients With Low-Risk PE Eligible for Outpatient Tx
Increased frequency of 30-day adverse events for patients with contraindications to outpatient tx
UWF Retinal Imaging Process Could Reduce Practice Burden
Real-time ultrawide field retinal imaging has high sensitivity, specificity for detecting referable DR
Obesity Has Negative Impact on Metabolic Quality of Muscle
In obese, muscle protein synthesis is blunted; offset by decline in leg protein breakdown
