From MedPage Today:
- What Is the Real Cost of a New Knee? Assuming current eligibility criteria for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), the per patient lifetime cost attributable to symptomatic knee OA is $12,400, which represents about 10% of total direct medical costs in patients with OA.
- Attitudes Affected Outcome in HIV Prevention Trial. In the last analysis, the reasons for a negative outcome of an HIV prevention trial came down to people and their attitudes about the virus and the drugs intended to prevent it.
- Mixed Results for Switch vs. Bypass in Severe Obesity. Patients with a body mass index of 50 to 60 who underwent laparoscopic duodenal switch procedure faced more significant health risks than those in the same category who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
- Measles: Been There, Done That. How many of you have had the measles?
