According to a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults, there has been an increased risk of brain cancer associated with increased radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations. The researchers observed a significant dose-response relationship such that for every 10,000 people who received a single head scan, approximately one patient …
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According to a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. This higher preventable hospitalization rate “may reflect two possibilities,” says the paper, authored by David Chan, MD, PhD, associate professor of health policy at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Yiqun Chen, PhD, assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois …
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In a study conducted in collaboration with Columbia University, Rutgers researchers recently determined that patients who are being treated for an opioid use disorder will see more success in their treatment if they participate in more of outpatient visits, according to a article from Rutgers today. Stephen Crystal, co-author of the study and director of …
