Molecular testing for Clostridium difficile may not predict disease activity
1. Based on this prospective cohort study, only half of the patients who tested positive for the Clostridium difficile (C....
Reference payments for colonoscopy may reduce cost without complication increase
1. Implementation of reference payments for colonoscopy was associated with a shift in patient choice towards lower-price colonoscopy facilities. 2....
Government-funded initiatives provide important supports to low-income HIV patients
1. Almost 75% of HIV-infected adults in the USA received medical and support services from a Ryan-White HIV/AIDS funded facility....
Spiritual considerations not addressed by health care professionals in ICUs
1. Based on a multi-center study in ICUs, fewer than one in five conversations between surrogate decision makers and...
Discontinuation of antihypertensives may not improve cognitive function in elderly [DANTE study]
1. In the elderly with mild cognitive deficits, discontinuing their antihypertensive treatment did not improve their cognitive, psychological or daily...
Insulin costs rose exponentially, regardless of formulation or patent
1. Based on Medicaid reimbursement data on insulin from 1991 to 2014, there has been a nearly exponential rise in...
Prescription drug monitoring programs modestly reduced opioid use
1. In this interrupted time-series analysis of the of the pre and post-intervention time periods of Florida’s Prescriptions Drug Monitoring...
Psychiatric conditions less likely to be granted physician-assisted suicide
1. Despite existing to reassess and potentially allow euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide to patients who were previously rejected by their...
Vitamin D supplementation amongst post-menopausal women did not improve functional outcomes
1. In this randomized, controlled trial addressing vitamin D supplementation in post-menopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency, high-dose vitamin D...
Lung cancer screening may lower motivation for smoking cessation
1. Although lung cancer screening gave patients the opportunity to reevaluate their health, routine screening may also lower a patient’s...