For resectable colorectal liver metastases, five-year survival rates similar with laparoscopic, open surgery
SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted Despite Quarantine Conditions
Among Marine Corps recruits, about 2 percent who were negative for SARS-CoV-2 at start of supervised quarantine tested positive by day 14
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cut Transmission by Half: Company Executive
Manufacturers say vaccine is 90 percent effective in protecting people from the new coronavirus
Moderna Vaccine Shows 94.5 Percent Effectiveness Against COVID-19
Company expects to have about 20 million doses of the vaccine ready to ship in the U.S. by the end of the year
Risk for Heart Failure Lower With Healthy Sleep Patterns
Hazard ratio 0.58 for heart failure with healthy sleep score of 5 versus score of 0 or 1
Lung Cancer Tied to Most Potential Years of Life Lost
Potential years of life lost per death highest for deaths due to cancers of testis, bones/joints, other endocrine sites
Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccine Coverage Cost-Effective
Interventions could avert 3,000 to 14,000 future HPV cancers scaling to the U.S. population
ACR Previews New Pharmacotherapy Guidelines for RA
The 2020 Guideline for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis updates guidance on drug treatments
ACR: Warfarin Tied to Increased Risk for Knee, Hip Replacement in OA
Among adults with atrial fibrillation, warfarin use linked to increased odds of knee, hip replacement versus direct oral anticoagulants
AHA: Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Indicated BP Treatment Intensification
This accounts for about a quarter of the total effect on blood pressure control