Stud Health Technol Inform 2006 ;121:138-50
Computing and Compunetics Research Group, Cavendish School of Computer Science, University of Westminster.
J Gen Intern Med 2021 Apr 9. Epub 2021 Apr 9.
Division of Health Policy and Economics, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Background: Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a major value-based purchasing program. Little is known about how physician practice leaders view the program and its benefits and challenges.Objective: To understand practice leaders' perceptions of MIPS. Read More
Ultrasound Med Biol 2021 Apr 5. Epub 2021 Apr 5.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) B-mode imaging provides insufficient sensitivity and specificity for prostate cancer (PCa) targeting when used for biopsy guidance. Shear wave elasticity imaging (SWEI) is an elasticity imaging technique that has been commercially implemented and is sensitive and specific for PCa. We have developed a SWEI system capable of 3-D data acquisition using a dense acoustic radiation force (ARF) push approach that leads to enhanced shear wave signal-to-noise ratio compared with that of the commercially available SWEI systems and facilitates screening of the entire gland before biopsy. Read More
Cochlear Implants Int 2021 Apr 8:1-12. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Ear and Hearing, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Objectives: The number of bilateral adult cochlear implant (CI) users and bimodal CI users is expanding worldwide. The addition of a hearing aid (HA) in the contralateral non-implanted ear (bimodal) or a second CI (bilateral) can provide CI users with some of the benefits associated with listening with two ears. Our was to examine whether bilateral and bimodal CI users demonstrate binaural summation, binaural unmasking and a fluctuating masker benefit. Read More
Semin Cancer Biol 2021 Apr 5. Epub 2021 Apr 5.
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Electronic address:
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) or its ligand programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are profoundly changing the methods to treat cancers with long-term clinical benefits. Unlike conventional methods that directly target tumor cells, PD-1/PD-L1 blockade exerts anti-tumor effects largely through reactivating or normalizing cytotoxic T lymphocyte in the tumor microenvironment to combat cancer cells. However, only a small fraction of cancer patients responds well to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade and clinical outcomes have reached a bottleneck without substantial advances. Read More
Prev Chronic Dis 2021 Apr 8;18:E31. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
CyberData Technologies, Atlanta, Georgia.
Introduction: Untreated dental disease and resulting tooth loss can diminish quality of life for older adults by limiting food choices and discouraging social interaction. Before the Basic Screening Survey (BSS) for older adults, no clinical data were available to monitor the oral health of older adults in long-term care (LTC) facilities at the national level or older adults overall at the state level. Although BSS is widely used, no guidelines exist to ensure the validity, reliability, and comparability of survey information across states. Read More