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Increase in use of formal palliative care services, long-term oxygen, but proportions still remain low

Access to intensive management program results in more outpatient care with no increase in total costs

More conservative management and active surveillance utilized at VA hospitals from 2005 to 2015

Ethical discussion relates to issues of informed consent, privacy, and justice

MiniMed 670G automated insulin delivery system deemed safe for children 7 to 13 with type 1 diabetes

The American Diabetes Association’s 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to 26 in Orlando, Florida, and attracted approximately 14,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in diabetes. The conference highlighted the latest advances in diabetes research […]

Rates high for assaults in urban teens; unintentional injuries lower in younger urban vs. rural children

American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends wearing protective eyewear, keeping safe distance

Survival no better with second-line pembrolizumab than paclitaxel for gastric, gastro-esophageal cancer

According to the CDC, outbreak that started in the spring and is now over

Increase in all-cause, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide, COPD mortality

Scarce data on new glucose-lowering agents, with high risk for bias toward negative outcomes

ICU and hospital mortality were lower for patients with cancer versus those without cancer

Decision tree approach superior to composite score approach for classifying cases with sunburn

Few JUUL-related Twitter posts mention topic of smoking cessation

Increased weight loss with risk factor management associated with greater atrial fibrillation freedom

VFI approach for direct measurement of glomerular filtration rate is accurate and reproducible

Association says medical students, residents should undergo training with evaluative feedback

In children with drug-resistant epilepsy, NGS can help establish diagnosis, improve treatment efficacy

The American Diabetes Association’s 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to 26 in Orlando, Florida, and attracted approximately 14,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in diabetes. The conference highlighted the latest advances in diabetes research […]