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FDA/CDC
CDC: 3.4 million Americans have epilepsy
State estimates available for the first time show Mississippi has the highest rate and Utah has the lowest.
From the Journals
U.S. opioid, heroin overdose deaths may be one-fifth higher than reported
New analysis suggests geographic disparities in accuracy of reporting opioid and heroin mortality.
From the Journals
Childhood poverty sets stage for adult heart disease
By age 11, low socioeconomic standing takes a toll on children’s arteries.
Feature
Award for best hospital goes to … the Mayo Clinic
The U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2017-2018 includes the usual suspects, with the University of Michigan making a big move up the list...
Feature
ACA: Five tactics could lead to implosion
Are regulation and inaction being employed by the White House to push the Affordable Care Act to the point of no return?
From the Journals
Small study advances noninvasive ICP monitoring
A new device noninvasively measures intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
News from the FDA/CDC
Less than half of office visits involve primary care
Patients aged 45 years and over are more likely to see a specialist.
Conference Coverage
Depression, PTSD double risk of dementia for older female veterans
LONDON – The study is the first of its kind.
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Medicare Part D premiums dip as drug costs continue to rise
While drug spending is projected to increase in 2018, Part D insurance providers are expecting their drug costs to fall.
From the Journals
Stopping statins after stroke may up recurrent stroke risk
Nearly 20% of patients 3-6 months after a stroke, in a Taiwanese database, were not using statins. Read the findings of a large retrospective...
From the Journals
Manage headache separately from idiopathic intracranial hypertension
The findings “support the view that additional treatments beyond those used to lower intracranial pressure are needed to treat the headaches...