DEX Implant Data Helps Guide Treatment for DME
New data from a 6-month, multicenter, observational study supplied evidence that DEX implants are safe and effective in real-life practice.
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Real-Time Clostridium difficle Testing Reduces Costs, Speeds Diagnosis
Reducing delays can help stop the spread of the infection and initiate treatment to patients quickly.
Exploring Non-Conventional Antimicrobial, Alternate Therapies in Clostridium difficile Treatment
Complementary and alternative medicine can decrease the rate of antimicrobial resistance and reduce treatment costs.
Spectral-Domain OCT May Predict DEX Implant Outcomes for DME
The use of SD OCT could help determine the presence of submacular fluid, the absence of hyper-reflective foci, and a continuous inner segment-outer segment.
Common Isolation Units Demonstrate Mixed Outcomes for Clostridium Difficile Patients
Data showed that 30-day mortality rates were significantly lower in CIU patients (18.8%) in comparison to original bed patients (34%).
Risk Factors Identified for Post-Surgery Patients with Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Reinforcing the need for special considerations for those patients at heightened risk for CDI development is key.
Fully Automated Analysis of Retinal Images by Deep Learning Holds Promise
Testing their system against expert manual analysis of OTC scans, the researchers determined that the automatic diagnostic method was both reliable and accurate.
Treat-and-Extend Ranibizumab Regimen for AMD Comparable to Monthly Regimens
Overall, the data showed that patients in the treat-and-extend group also received fewer injections in comparison to the monthly group.
OCT for AMD Makes Healthcare More Affordable
Optical coherence tomography accrued savings of $9.0 billion for the US government through Medicare and an estimated $2.2 billion in savings for AMD patients since 2013.
The Best Defense Against Hospital-Acquired Infections
Human factors determine the quality of environmental cleaning and remain the best defense against invisible threats.
Intraviteral Ranibizumab Effective Treatment for AMD with Submacular Hemorrhage
83.4% of trial study participants showed either improvement or stabilization in best-corrected visual acuity with ranibizumab.
Accurate ID of Gut Microbiome Reveals Insights into Clostridium Difficile Infection
Infection burden can be more accurately determined through a high-resolution method assigning species-level context to 16S rRNA gene sequence data.
AMD Requires Better Understanding of Disease Pathogenesis
Despite having treatments available, the understanding of age-related macular degeneration needs to improve before therapies can be more effective.
Motivational Interviewing-Based Brief Interventions May Prove Effective for HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse
MIBI could be implemented as an effective adjunct to usual care, addressing problematic substance use among individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Hypervirulent Strain of Clostridium difficile Suggests Evaluating Biomarkers
A new case report shows that isolates obtained from a single patient carry different resistance loci.
Standardized Classifications Are Needed for Geographic Atrophy
There is a need for a better understanding of geographic atrophy progression in patients with AMD.
Key Challenges Await an Aging HIV-infected Population
The estimated HIV population older than 50 rose to more than 50% in 2017 from 45% in 2014.
Community-Onset Clostridium difficile Infections on the Rise in VHA
The study could reveal a trend in development and risk of CDI outside the VHA system.
Mononuclear Phagocytes, Inflammation Act as Mediators in AMD
In AMD, early pathogenic changes may be related to immune system responses causing inflammation and subsequent tissue damage resulting from that inflammation.
Housing Conditions Affect Mental Health
In all cases of participants experiencing housing problems for even 1 year, indicated poorer mental health.
Mental Health Treatment Improves With Steps Toward Collaborative Care
Mental Health Training for Managers Reduces Work-Related Sick Days
Work-related sick leave dropped 18% for employees working for managers that received mental health training.
AMD Treatment Selection Influenced by Cost, Demographics
Data showed that the odds of receiving ranibizumab increased with advancing age and according to racial demographics.
Blueprint Can Help Facilities Reduce Unnecessary Clinical Testing
Studies reveal an estimated $71,958 per year could be saved from reducing routine phlebotomy testing.
Assessing the Impact of Low-Dose Aspirin on AMD
ASPREE-AMD will attempt to determine the relationship between AMD and low-dose aspirin therapy.
CRT, Vision Loss Have Complex Relationship
The relationships between AMD, DME, and RVO show a wide variance and may be complicated by other disease factors.
CDC: Suicide Rates Increase in US Rural Areas
Socioeconomic factors may play the largest role in increased suicide rates as they vary by urbanization level.
Anti-VEGF Treatment Linked to Increased Risk of Anxiety, Depression
Results determined that 168 out of the 300 patients, or 56.0%, had felt "some type of anxiety" related to the anti-VEGF treatments.
Collaborative Care For Pediatric Behavior Disorders is Cost Effective and Improves Clinical Outcomes
Collaborative care models have been shown to yield among the highest improvement rates for child behavioral problems.
Social Capital May Play a Role in Drug Overdose Deaths
The study supports growing literature that social isolation contributes to drug use, and strong communities offer resilience against drug epidemics and have less overdose mortality.