STAT (4/24, Ross) examines questions about whether so many orthopedic surgeries are necessary, based on an “evidence gap” of support for them and the increase in volume in procedures such as knee replacements, which have doubled since 2000 in the US and account for some $10 billion in annual costs to the health care system. Other surgeries under scrutiny include the repair of a torn meniscus, vertebroplasty, clavicle fracture repair in young people, ACL repairs, and rotator cuff repairs. Dr. David Jevsevar, who chairs the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ council on research and quality, says general scrutiny of individual procedures may overlook that “it’s challenging to determine what the right amount is because every patient is unique and every patient has his or her own set of situations and expectations.”
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People May Have Difficulty Accurately Estimating Salt Intake When Eating At Fast-Food Restaurants4/26/2017 TIME (4/24, Oaklander) reports that research published in Appetite suggests people may have difficulty accurately estimating how much salt they consume when eating at a fast-food restaurant. Investigators “stood outside fast-food restaurants and asked people to guess how much sodium they just ate.” Participants’ “answers were almost always six times too low.”
Reuters (4/24, Boggs) reports that research (4/24, Boggs) published in Circulation suggests “consuming too much choline, a nutrient sold in over-the-counter dietary supplements,” may increase “the risk for blood clots.”
HealthDay (4/24, Norton) reports that investigators “found that when they gave 18 healthy volunteers choline supplements, it boosted their production of a chemical called TMAO.” According to HealthDay, “That, in turn, increased their blood cells’ tendency to clot.” The New York Times (4/17, Brody, Subscription Publication) reports, “Nonadherence to prescribed medications” is “an out-of-control epidemic in the” US “that costs more and affects more people than any disease Americans currently worry about.” The article suggests that nonadherence “explains why so many patients don’t get better, suffer surprising relapses or even die when they are given drug prescriptions that should keep their disorders under control,” cites research on how widespread the problem is, and also outlines why the problem may be so common.
Reuters (4/17, Rapaport) reports, “More than eight million American adults suffer from serious psychological distress, and they’re less likely to access health care services than other people,” researchers found after examining “survey data on health care use from 2006 to 2014 for a nationwide sample of 207,853 US adults ages 18 to 64.” The study revealed that “people with serious psychological distress, which includes any mental illness severe enough to require treatment, are three times more likely to be too poor to afford care and 10 times more likely to be unable to pay for medications.” The findings were published online in Psychiatric Services, . CNN (4/17, Scutti) reports, “The study may help explain why the suicide rate is up to 43,000 people each year, said” lead study author Judith Weissman, PhD, JD, a research manager at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. Please Copy and Paste the link below to find out the top 5 saltiest foods in our diet.
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