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CDC: About One in Five U.S. Adults Reports Tobacco Product Use
FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — About one in five U.S. adults reported currently using any tobacco product in 2019, with most reporting use of combustible products, according to research published in the Nov. 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Monica E. Cornelius, Ph.D.,...
Less Than One in 20 Eligible Adults Receives Lung Cancer Screening
FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Less than one in 20 eligible U.S. adults receives annual lung cancer screening (LCS) using low-dose computed tomography scans, with wide geographic variance in screening rates, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Stacey A. Fedewa, Ph.D., from the...
ALA: Lung Cancer Survival Has Increased Nationally to 22.6 Percent
FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Lung cancer survival has increased to 22.6 percent nationally, and people of color face worse outcomes than White Americans, according to a report from the American Lung Association published online Nov. 17. In an effort to provide a picture of the current lung cancer burden in the United...
Wrong-Patient Order Entry Errors Reduced With Patient Photos
THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Displaying patient photographs in electronic health records (EHRs) reduces wrong-patient order entry (WPOE), according to a study published online Nov. 11 in JAMA Network Open. Hojjat Salmasian, M.D., Ph.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues evaluated whether the noninterruptive display of patient photographs in the...
Lorlatinib Superior to Crizotinib for ALK-Positive NSCLC
THURSDAY, Nov. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Among patients with previously untreated advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), progression-free survival is significantly longer for those who receive first-line therapy with lorlatinib versus crizotinib, according to a study published in the Nov. 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Alice T. Shaw, M.D.,...
Patients Happier With Doctors of Same Race
MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Racial/ethnic concordance between patients and their physicians is associated with higher patient satisfaction scores, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Network Open. Junko Takeshita, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues evaluated patient- and physician-related determinants of the patient experience...
Lung Cancer Tied to Most Potential Years of Life Lost
MONDAY, Nov. 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The largest numbers of potential years of life lost (PYLLs) were due to deaths from cancers of the lung/bronchus, colon/rectum, and breast in 2017, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Minkyo Song, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health...
Benefit of E-Cigarettes for Quitting Smoking Unclear
THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It is unclear whether the addition of nicotine electronic cigarettes to counseling leads to higher rates of smoking cessation than counseling alone among adults motivated to quit, according to the results of a study published in the Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association....
Automated Alarm IDs Inpatients at Risk for Sudden Decline
THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The use of automated detection of impending in-hospital clinical deterioration for which interventions could be implemented is associated with reduced mortality, according to a study published in the Nov. 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Gabriel J. Escobar, M.D., from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center...
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