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Top stories in health and medicine, February 6, 2015

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February 6, 2015

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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.
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Top stories in health and medicine, February 5, 2015

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February 5, 2015

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Don’t Demonize Processed Food. I’m not sure anything garners more discussion in the nutrition world these days than the term “processed food.”
Heritability of RA Remains Unexplained. Most of the familial aggregation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can’t be explained by currently established genetic or environmental risk factors.
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Top stories in health and medicine, February 4, 2015

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February 4, 2015

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Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Cut in Half. The number of people exposed to secondhand smoke dropped by half over the last decade, but one in four nonsmokers, or some 58 million people, are still exposed.
Patients Mum on Work-Related Asthma. While 46% of employed adults had asthma that was …
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Top stories in health and medicine, February 3, 2015

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February 3, 2015

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An Ounce of Exercise, a Pound of Rehab. I first became aware of this “revolutionary” post-MI intervention as an intern — I was shadowing Bernard Lown, MD, the Nobel Prize winner, inventor of the defibrillator and introducer of lidocaine into medical practice.
Lower Lung Cancer Risk Seen in Nonsmokers …
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Top stories in health and medicine, February 2, 2015

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February 2, 2015

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President Promotes ‘Patient-Powered’ Genomics Project. Imagine if physicians could select a personalized cure for a particular patient’s cancer in one easy step.
Match Not to Blame for Low Resident Salaries. Resident salaries are low, but it’s not the match’s fault.
Mixed Results for Obamacare Tests in …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 30, 2015

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January 30, 2015

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Long-Term Danger for Kids’ Tackle Football? Cognitive impairments in retired professional football players with behavioral or mental complaints were more pronounced in those who had played tackle football prior to age 12.

Skipping Doses to Save $$$. Nearly 8% of adults in the U.S. did not take their medications …

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Top stories in health and medicine, January 29, 2015

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January 29, 2015

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U.S. Seniors Losing Grip on Muscle Strength. The first national survey on grip strength in older adults found that 5% of those over 60 had weak muscle strength, and 13% had intermediate strength.
Low MI Risk in Patients With Non-MI Chest Pain. Patients treated in emergency departments (EDs) for …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 28, 2015

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January 28, 2015

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Is This Tattoo Worth a 1,000 Needle Pricks? Researchers at the University of California San Diego believe they have a feasible, noninvasive method for monitoring serum glucose: a temporary tattoo.
Systolic Pressure Signals Risk in Young. Isolated systolic hypertension in young and middle-age adults was associated with an increased …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 27, 2015

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January 27, 2015

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PCP Flying High on Corporate Wellness. In 2008, E. Brooks Wilkins, MD, was faced with a hard choice: shutting down a wellness and weight-loss center designed for people who had tens of thousands of dollars to spend on a 30-day intensive treatment program or toughing it out through a devastating recession.
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 24, 2015

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January 24, 2015

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Congressman to AMA: Offer SGR Solutions Not Complaints. The American Medical Association (AMA) is doing a disservice by not weighing in on how to pay for repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula for physician reimbursement under Medicare.
Lethal Injection: A Cruel, Painful, Terrifying Execution. Physicians should abstain from …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 23, 2015

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January 23, 2015

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Eating Fish While Pregnant — Worth a New Look? In babies of women who consumed a lot of fish while pregnant, the benefits of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the fish outweighed the potential adverse effects of mercury exposure.
With RA Remission, Try Cutting TNF Dose. A substantial proportion of patients in remission …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 22, 2015

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January 22, 2015

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NSAIDs Linked to Leaks After GI Surgery. Postoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use was associated with anastomotic leak after nonelective colorectal surgery.
More Nurses May Mean Fewer Deaths in ICU. A high nurse to patient ratio in intensive care units was independently associated with a lower risk of in-hospital …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 21, 2015

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January 21, 2015

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A Case of C. Diff: Did a N.J. School Overreact? Administrators at a New Jersey middle school said they faced a major health scare that required them to shut down for nearly a week and hire biohazard specialists to disinfect the school. The culprit? A case of Clostridium difficile.
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 20, 2015

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January 20, 2015

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Salt May Not Be a Demon After All. Increased sodium intake was not associated with higher risk of mortality over the course of 10 years in Medicare patients.
How Pizza Impacts Kids’ Health. Pizza serves up the building blocks of obesity, and kids are always ready for another slice.
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 19, 2015

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January 19, 2015

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New Guidelines: Treat Obesity First. Treat weight problems first, then deal with comorbidities like dyslipidemia, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance.
Lower Maintenance Abatacept Dose Maintains RA Remissions. Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and poor prognosis who achieve remission on standard-dose abatacept at 2 years may be able to …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 16, 2015

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January 16, 2015

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Current Flu Vaccine Half as Effective as Previous Years. People receiving this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine are 23% less likely to seek medical treatment for flu-type symptoms relative to unvaccinated individuals, according to an interim CDC estimate based on reports submitted so far for the current season.
New Board …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 15, 2015

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January 15, 2015

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CDC: Most Nosocomial Infections Fall. Rates of most major types of healthcare-associated infections have declined markedly in recent years.
RA Patients More Likely to Abandon Remicade. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients were more likely to discontinue infliximab (Remicade) than adalimumab (Humira) and etanercept (Enbrel) in the first year of biologic …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 14, 2015

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January 14, 2015

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Carotid Stenting Linked to High Real-World Mortality. Carotid stenting was associated with much higher than expected 2-year mortality in the Medicare population.
‘Generic’ Colchicine to Hit Market. A so-called authorized generic version of the colchicine formulation sold as Colcrys for acute gout flares and for treating familial Mediterranean fever …
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 13, 2015

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January 13, 2015

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Managing Diabetes in Elderly: How Safe? Many older people with diabetes who have compromised health have been kept on intensive treatment regimens, which increases the risk of hypoglycemia.
Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees. Rita Gorenflo’s 7-year-old son Nathaniel was in severe pain from a sinus infection.
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Top stories in health and medicine, January 12, 2015

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January 12, 2015

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Statins and RA: No Joint Benefit. The use of statins does not reduce onset of new joint pain or stiffness in middle-age or older women but their use is associated with poor physical functioning and poor self-rated health.
Expert Groups Clarify HPV Testing Recommendations. Primary cervical cancer screening with …
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