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Investigators Find Demographic Predictors of Up-to-Date Colorectal Cancer Screenings
There were several individual predictors including sex, age, recent visits with a primary care provider, distance to nearest endoscopy facility, and insurance type, as well as county-level predictors, such as percentage of residents with a high school education, without insurance, and unemployed as being up-to-date.
Diabetes Dialogue: Embracing Diabetes Tech and Social Media as a Clinician, with David Ahn, MD
July 7th 2023David Ahn, MD, joins our hosts for a discussion on overcoming barriers with diabetes technology and offers perspective on his experience leveraging social media platforms to disseminate information as a clinician.
Autocancellation of Uncollected CDI Test Orders Does Not Reduce Infection Rate
The reported C difficile healthcare-acquired infections rates per 10,000 patient days did not significantly change. The rates were 8.07 in the 6-month preintervention period and 8.77 in the intervention period for facilities A and B combined.
Oral Immunotherapy Shown to Be Effective in Desensitization for Egg, Milk, Peanut Allergy
New data on oral immunotherapy to food allergens shows promise for the treatment, though more information with standard interventions and regimens is needed to gain certainty on the efficacy and safety.
Diabetes Dialogue: Establishing Time in Range as a Primary Glucose Metric
July 6th 2023Julie Heverly, of the Time in Range Coalition, discusses the history of time in range, offers perspective on its utility as a glucose metric, and provides an overview of the efforts of the Time in Range Coalition to advance use and education around time in range.
Mirikizumab Bests Placebo in Treating Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
There were higher percentages of patients treated with mirikizumab that had clinical remission at week 12 of the induction trial compared to the placebo group. This was also true at week 40 of the maintenance trial.
Study Suggests Rising Obesity Prevalence May Have Altered Perceptions of Healthy Body Weights
July 6th 2023An analysis of data from nearly 750,000 adolescents from more than 40 countries offers insight into the changing, and possibly inaccurate, perceptions of healthy body weight among younger people since the turn of the century.
Maternal Mortality Rates Highlight Alarming Inequities by State, Race/Ethnicity
July 3rd 2023The American Indian and Alaska Native population show the largest increase in median state ratios, rising from 14 - 49.2, while the Black population consistently had the highest median state ratios, increasing from 26.7 - 55.4.