ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Social media’s potential to influence health policy showed up early in the debate over PSA measurement as a screening test for prostate cancer, according to study reported here.
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NEW YORK CITY (MedPage Today) — Among adults living in the U.S., those who were born in other countries were less likely to report having hypertension than were native-born Americans, researchers found.
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ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy cost 60% more than an open procedure, a difference driven primarily by higher operating-room costs, according to a study reported here.
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(MedPage Today) — Despite new limits on resident work hours almost half of the orthopedic residents at two of Harvard’s hospitals said they were fatigued during work hours, and 27% said they were impaired by lack of sleep.
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Many adolescents have at least 1 risk factor for cardiovascular disease, especially if they are overweight or obese. Medscape Medical News
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SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) — Nasal swab testing for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization is a strong predictor of MRSA-associated surgical site infection in gastrointestinal surgery patients, researchers said here.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — An FDA staff review has endorsed expanding the indications for rivaroxaban (Xarelto) to include reducing the risk of thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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(MedPage Today) — Men should no longer have PSA measurements as a screening test for prostate cancer, according to a final recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
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(MedPage Today) — Hispanics and blacks have real, but different, disparities compared with whites when it comes to heart transplantation. Also this week, ‘old’ second-hand smoke and an interesting breakdown of marathon deaths.
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(MedPage Today) — Taxes on unhealthy foods need to be set at 20% or more to improve major health outcomes such as obesity, researchers said. Also this week: a recent spike in fatal falls may be illusory.
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