by Marshall Burt | Jun 8, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“The Cluster Randomized Trial of PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer reported no effect of prostate-specific antigen screening on prostate cancer mortality at a median 10-year follow-up…..” – “….evaluate the effect of a single invitation for PSA...
by Marshall Burt | Mar 27, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“Microplastics and nanoplastics are emerging as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease in preclinical studies.” – “We conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational study involving patients who were undergoing carotid...
by Marshall Burt | Feb 23, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages was linked with higher prices and fewer drink sales, according to data from more than 26 000 stores from 5 large cities across the US.” “After the cities—Boulder, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and...
by Marshall Burt | Feb 23, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“About 35% of US adults aged 60 to 79 years used 5 or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days, a phenomenon known as polypharmacy….” “Polypharmacy is linked with increased falls, hospitalizations, and deaths, among other poor health...
by Marshall Burt | Jan 8, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“Over one million European children undergo computed tomography (CT) scans annually. Although moderate- to high-dose ionizing radiation exposure is an established risk factor for hematological malignancies…..” – “Here we followed up a...
by Marshall Burt | Jan 4, 2024 | TheETG Medical Message Of The Day
“The effects of private equity acquisitions of US hospitals on the clinical quality of inpatient care and patient outcomes…..” “To examine changes in hospital-acquired adverse events and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity...
