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Risk-Based Mammography Proposed for Times of Reduced Capacity

04/03/2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Breast Cancer, breast mass, Cancer, cancer risk, carcinoma, coronavirus, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, health care quality/access/evaluation, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, malignant breast neoplasm, malignant neoplasia, mammogram, mammography, pandemic:, preventive oncology, preventive screening, screening, social determ, wuhan coronavirus

A novel risk-based approach could be an effective way to triage women for mammography during times of limited capacity, such

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Indiana’s Medicaid Expansion — Designed by Pence and Verma — Panned in Federal Report

04/03/2021 'Obamacare', ACA, financial hardship, financing, Florida, geriatrics, health care access, health care quality/access/evaluation, health care reform, health insurance, health plans, health services accessibility, healthcare reform under Trump, Indiana, Medicaid, Medicare, poverty, practice management, social determinants of health, social issues, Trump and healthcare, Trump and healthcare reform, urban, urban health

Indiana’s Medicaid expansion — with its “personal responsibility” provisions that require enrollees to pay monthly premiums and manage health savings

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Endovascular Therapy Effective in Vertebrobasilar Artery Occlusion

04/01/2021 af (atrial fibrillation), arteries, Atrial Fibrillation, cerebrovascular accident, cva (cerebrovascular accident), endovascular techniques, financial hardship, health care quality/access/evaluation, intracranial bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, neurosurgery, peripheral vascular disease, poverty, social determinants of health, social issues, stroke, TB, thromboembolism, traumatic brain injury

Compared with best medical treatment alone, endovascular therapy (EVT) significantly increases the likelihood of favorable outcome at 90 days for

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Pediatric TB – More Work Needed, Especially With HIV Coinfection

03/10/2021 antiretroviral therapy, antiretroviral therapy (art), Art, Atazanavir, child, childhood, children, darunavir, etravirine, health care quality/access/evaluation, HIV, hiv coinfections, hiv infection, Kids, opportunistic infection, Pediatrics, social determinants of health, TB, therapy (antiretroviral), tipranavir, tuberculosis, tuberculosis (tb)

Despite recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pediatric tuberculosis in children living with HIV (CLHIV) and HIV-exposed

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Primary Care Clinicians Neglect Hearing Loss, Survey Finds

03/05/2021 age-related hearing loss, antigens, As, biologic therapy, dementia, depression, disability, ENT (ears, financial hardship, geriatrics (elder care), health care quality/access/evaluation, hearing aid, hearing device, hearing impairment, hearing loss, hearing loss (age-related), hearing screening, Michigan:, nose, Otolaryngology, poverty, presbycusis, primary care, social determinants of health, social issues, Throat

Most adults in the United States have not been asked about their hearing by their primary care provider in the

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Abandoned Cardiac Device Leads Don’t Rule Out MRI

02/23/2021 arrhythmia, breastbone, cardiac imaging, cardiovascular, cardiovascular imaging, chest, CV, CV imaging, defibrillator, electrophysiology, health care quality/access/evaluation, heart, icd, imaging (magnetic resonance), implantable cardioverter defibrillator, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), MRI, Pacemaker, thoracic region of chest, tissue

Data from an observational cohort study suggest that the presence of abandoned leads in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

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AI Crushes Expert Reader at ECG Recognition of Long-QT Syndrome

02/18/2021 A.I., AI, arrhythmia, Artificial Intelligence, Clinic, ecg, ekg, electrocardiogram, electrophysiology, genetic testing, genetics, genomic medicine, genomics, health care quality/access/evaluation, health care reform, health care technology, health clinic, healthcare technology, heart, humanism, jobs, Long QT Syndrome, lqts, medicine (genomic), outpatient clinic, social determinants of health, sudden cardiac death

Perhaps 40% of persons with genetically confirmed long-QT syndrome (LQTS) do not show the telltale electrocardiographic (ECG) feature, a prolonged

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