Loneliness Linked to Increased Mortality Risk in Cancer Survivors

(MedPage Today) -- Greater feelings of loneliness and social isolation were associated with a higher risk of mortality among cancer survivors, according to a retrospective longitudinal study.Over the study period of 10 years, cancer survivors...

Consequences of Afib; Autism Heritability in Males and Females

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...

Dementia May Be Underdiagnosed in States With Motor Vehicle Reporting Mandates

(MedPage Today) -- Mandating clinicians to report drivers with dementia may be associated with missed or delayed dementia diagnoses, a cross-sectional study of primary care providers suggested.Clinicians in states that required them to report...

Is Industry Influence Driving LVAD Use by Cardiologists?

(MedPage Today) -- As physicians, our patients and their caregivers expect that we base clinical decisions about disease management and treatment on the best available evidence, following guidelines and recommendations based on randomized clinical...