Search Results for: United States

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Treatment Patterns in Patients with Incident Parkinson’s Disease in the United States.

Publication date: Aug 16, 2019 Treatment patterns in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have not been extensively studied for nearly two decades. Insurance claims are appropriate for such analysis. To understand the ... Read more

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019

Observational study of talimogene laherparepvec use for melanoma in clinical practice in the United States (COSMUS-1).

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 03, 2019 Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) is an intralesional treatment for unresectable cutaneous, subcutaneous and nodal melanoma. COSMUS-1 was conducted to examine how T-VEC is used in US ... Read more

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

Postsurgical Opioid Prescriptions and Risk of Long-term Use: An Observational Cohort Study Across the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Aug 09, 2019 The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in risk of long-term opioid therapy after surgery among an opioid-naive population using varying cutoffs based ... Read more

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Genetic testing, insurance discrimination and medical research: what the United States can learn from peer countries.

Precision Medicine Literature

Publication date: Aug 06, 2019 While genetic testing may be the gateway to the future of medicine, it also poses challenges for individuals, especially in terms of differentiated treatments on ... Read more

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019

National Analysis of Patients With External Ear Melanoma in the United States.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 31, 2019 External ear melanoma (EEM) is a rare condition with controversies in the literature. We analyzed patients with EEM in the United States compared to other ... Read more

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019

Melanoma incidence among non-Hispanic whites in all 50 United States from 2001 through 2015.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 25, 2019 The U.S. has large regional variation in primary prevention campaigns for skin cancer. We collected data from all 50 states to examine changes in melanoma ... Read more

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019

Understanding the Opioid Crisis in the United States

Opioids News

Publication date: Jul 26, 2019 Readers of this blog are certainly aware that the United States is in the midst of what has been widely described as an -opioid crisis” ... Read more

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

Legal and policy changes urgently needed to increase access to opioid agonist therapy in the United States.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jul 20, 2019 The United States continues to face a public health crisis of opioid-related harm, the effects of which could be dramatically reduced through increased access to ... Read more

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019

Implementation evaluation of academic detailing on naloxone prescribing trends at the United States Veterans Health Administration.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jul 17, 2019 Academic detailing in partnership with the Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program was implemented to increase naloxone access for the prevention of opioid ... Read more

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Trends in emergency physician opioid prescribing practices during the United States opioid crisis.

Opioids Literature

Publication date: Jun 06, 2019 Prescription opioid related deaths have increased dramatically over the past 17 years. Although emergency physicians (EPs) have not been the primary force behind this rise, previous ... Read more