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HHS Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector, focusing specifically on strengthening resilience for hospitals threatened by cyberattacks. HHS outlined four pillars for action, including new voluntary healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals.
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Patient and Family Complaints Require Careful Response
Healthcare organizations should have processes for responding to complaints from patients and families. The nature and seriousness of the complaint will dictate how much of a response is required.
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How Safe Is Cannabis for the Heart?
A nationwide Danish study of new prescriptions for medical cannabis for chronic pain compared to control patients has found that the 180-day incidence of atrial fibrillation/flutter is two-fold higher, but the absolute number of arrhythmias is small.
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Transcatheter vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement After 10 Years
A multicenter randomized trial of transcatheter compared to surgical aortic valve replacement in low-risk older adult patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis has shown that major clinical outcomes and prosthetic valve failure were not different at 10 years of follow-up.
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FDA Approves Coronary Drug-Coated Balloon Specifically for In-Stent Restenosis
This trial randomized 600 U.S. patients with restenosis of a previously placed stent 2:1 to treatment with the AGENT drug-coated balloon or with regular balloon angioplasty. Target lesion failure at one year was significantly lower with the drug-coated balloon, as were target vessel myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis.
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Can Bariatric Surgery Control Blood Pressure Long-Term?
A randomized trial comparing bariatric surgery to medical therapy in hypertensive obese patients has shown that bariatric surgery effectively lowers blood pressure over five years of follow-up.
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Beliefs About Women’s Virtue and Chastity May Play a Role in Latina Risk Behaviors
The authors of a recent study revealed that endorsement of certain marianismo beliefs, related to women acting virtuous and chaste, may promote abstinence, but also are associated with sexual risk behaviors.
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New RNA Interference-Based Therapy for Hypertension
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a range of doses of a new ribonucleic acid (RNA) interference drug that reduces hepatic angiotensinogen levels has shown significant mean 24-hour systolic blood pressure reductions at three months after a single subcutaneous injection.
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Research Confirms the Value of Title X for Improving Contraception Access
Clients of Title X programs have greater access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, although reach has been limited by federal funding, state laws, and the Trump-era gag rule. A study revealed that people receiving contraception care from non-Title X clinics had lower proportions of receiving long-acting reversible contraception methods, nonoral hormonal methods, and extended supplies of oral contraceptives.
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Withholding Intubation in Select Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning May Be Beneficial
In this unblinded, randomized trial of adults presenting with acute poisoning and a Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 9, those for whom intubation was withheld unless emergently indicated had decreased intensive care unit and hospital lengths of stay and a lower rate of pneumonia.