Test from C2N Diagnostics is meant for people 60 years and older who have cognitive issues and are being assessed for Alzheimer disease
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Up for Women With Psoriasis
Odds ratios increased for preeclampsia, severe postpartum hemorrhage, stillbirth, SGA, preterm labor
Colon Cancer Diagnosed Earlier Under Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion also may result in improved access to treatment, including palliative care
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Reduced With Prolonged ADT in Prostate Cancer
Increased cardiovascular mortality also seen with prolonged androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer
USPSTF Urges Behavioral Counseling to Reduce CVD Risk
Behavioral counseling interventions to promote healthy diet and physical activity have moderate net benefit
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Nov. 23 to 25, 2020. This …
RSNA: Anxiety May Hasten Progression to Alzheimer Disease
Rate of progression from MCI to AD increased with ApoE4, anxiety, lower hippocampal and entorhinal cortex volumes
U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Could Begin in Mid-December
Vaccine appears 95 percent effective at preventing mild-to-severe COVID-19, according to the manufacturers
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty Over Role in U.S. Opioid Epidemic
Company admits paying doctors to write more prescriptions, providing misleading information to the DEA
Job Changes Increasingly Common Among U.S. Radiologists
Practice separation most common among early- and late-career radiologists, general radiologists