Heart Transplant Offer Acceptance Highest for White Women
TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 -- The cumulative incidence of heart transplant offer acceptance is highest for White women, according to a study published online March 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Khadijah Breathett, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

One in Five State Medicaid Programs Cover Antiobesity Medications
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 -- As of early 2023, one in five state Medicaid programs covered antiobesity medications, according to a research letter published online March 14 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Benjamin Y. Liu,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 21, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

CDC, AMA Urge Americans to Make Sure They Are Vaccinated Against Measles
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 -- As measles cases rise globally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association each issued advisories on Monday stressing the need for vaccination. Besides a total of 58 known... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Dyslipidemia Raising Risk for CVD Among Young American Indians
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- Dyslipidemia is associated with subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) among young American Indians, according to a study published online March 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Jessica... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Mental illness and violence among people experiencing homelessness: an evidence-based review - Xu KY, Gold JA, Szlyk HS, Rolin SA, Shields MC.
The US media is saturated with coverage of perceived threats to public safety by people experiencing homelessness (PEH) with purported "mental illness." In a prescient 2017 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), then-Los Angeles... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Single Dose of Zilebesiran Linked to Reduction in Systolic BP
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 -- A single dose of subcutaneous zilebesiran is associated with a reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP), according to a study published online Feb. 16 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. George L. Bakris,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

'Humbling, Exhausting, Exhilarating': The Life of AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- "Humbling, exhausting, and exhilarating." That's how Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), described his experience so far, 8 months into his 1-year tenure. Although it... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Not Passing a Bill to Fix Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Is 'Appalling,' Lawmaker Says
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- It's "appalling" that Congress has yet to reduce or repeal the reimbursement cuts in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, said here Tuesday at the American Medical Association (AMA) Advocacy... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 13, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Coding changes that will impact radiology practices in 2024
Erin Stephens.The annual update to the Current Procedural Terminology1 (CPT) for 2024 has 230 new codes, 70 revised codes, and 49 deleted codes. In addition, there are 395 new diagnosis codes contained in the ICD-10-CM2 update, about one-third of them describing new ways to capture accidents and injuries. Although relatively few of these changes will impact radiology practices, it’s essential to know what they are and adjust your practice systems accordingly. Diagnostic radiology Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) with CT: New Category I code 75580 will replace Category III codes 0501T, 0502T, 0503T, and 0504T to ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Erin Stephens Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news

Novel Criteria Validated for Pediatric Sepsis, Septic Shock
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 -- The Phoenix Criteria are valid for identifying sepsis and septic shock in children, according to two studies published online Jan. 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the Society of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Unexplained Weight Loss Is Linked to Cancer
People who lose a significant amount of weight without dieting, exercise, or other lifestyle changes may also be at higher risk of some cancers, according to researchers who say a sudden drop may be an early indicator of the disease. Those who spontaneously shed more than 10% of their body weight developed cancer at a rate of about 1,362 per 100,000 over a 12-month period, according to a study released Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, while the rate of diagnosis among people who hadn’t recently lost weight without explanation was 869 per 100,000. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true...
Source: TIME: Health - January 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jemima Denham/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

New CPT code issued for FFR-CT
Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow highlighted that CT procedures for estimating fractional flow reserve (FFR) have transitioned to a single category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code beginning January 1, 2024. Practices will have one new category I code (75580) that describes non-invasive estimates of FFR based on software analysis of coronary CT angiography data, the company noted. FFR-CT is a modeling technique that estimates coronary flow from routine coronary CT angiography (CTA) scans. HeartFlow’s FFR-CT Analysis software creates a 3D model of a patient's arteries, with algorithms then simulati...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 24, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news

ACR names Smetherman CEO
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named Dana Smetherman, MD, as its new CEO, effective July 1. She will become the ACR's first female CEO. Smetherman will succeed William Thorwarth Jr., MD, who will retire June 30 after more than 10 years of service. A diagnostic radiologist specializing in breast imaging, Smetherman is chair of the Department of Radiology and Associate Medical Director for Medical Specialties at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. She is also a past member of the Ochsner Health System Board of Directors. Smetherman has held several positions on the ACR and other radiology societies. Sh...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news

Imvaria gets FDA marketing authorization for Fibresolve
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Imvaria for the use of Fibresolve, a digital biomarker tool that uses AI to guide noninvasive diagnosis of lung fibrosis with a focus on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The company is touting this as the first-ever FDA authorization of a diagnostic tool of any type in lung fibrosis, as well as the first FDA breakthrough-designated AI diagnostic tool with simultaneously adopted current procedural terminology (CPT) billing codes by the American Medical Association (AMA) in any disease. The authorization will speed up the medical community’s access to Fibresolve for d...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Chest Radiology Source Type: news

Vacation days taken and working during vacation tied to burnout
The number of vacation days taken by physicians -- and working on patient-related tasks while on vacation -- are tied to physician burnout, a study published January 12 in JAMA Network Open found. Researchers led by Christine Sinsky, MD, from the American Medical Association in Chicago reported that overall, nearly 60% of U.S. physicians took three weeks of vacation or less per year, while seven in 10 physicians worked while on vacation, with both findings associated with higher rates of burnout. However, among specialty disciplines, radiologists and radiation oncologists have the highest proportion of physicians taking ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news