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Providers should consider clinical context, including comorbidities, when diagnosing and managing thyroid cancer in older adults, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Nearly one-third of patients with atrial fibrillation and/or venous thromboembolism treated with a direct oral anticoagulant, or DOAC, were also using aspirin without clear indications, researchers reported.

Most physicians treating patients with thyroid cancer said they would suppress thyroid-stimulating hormone in those with low- and intermediate-risk thyroid cancer, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Potentially preventable readmissions account for 17.8% of all hospital readmissions after surgery, with a greater likelihood of readmission among patients who have public health insurance, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

Positive airway pressure treatment was associated with a lower likelihood of incident Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.

Nurses in the United States had a significantly increased risk for suicide compared with the general population, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

In this episode, Brian E. Lacy, MD, PhD, joins us to discuss the American College of Gastroenterology’s newest guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome, options for patients with IBS-D and IBS-C, and much more.

More than 40% of older adults in the United States said they utilized online ratings or reviews when choosing their doctor, according to survey data published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Work-related carpal tunnel syndrome is more prevalent in those who do labor-intensive work compared with clerical work; however, overall rates have decreased across all industries from 2003 to 2018, according to published results.

Concomitant use of mycophenolate mofetil with pegloticase demonstrated clinically meaningful improvement in 86% of patients with uncontrolled gout, compared with pegloticase alone, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.