BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lumbar punctures may be performed by many different
types of health care providers. We evaluated the percentages of lumbar punctures performed …

Background: The federal No Surprises Act (NSA), designed to eliminate surprise medical
billing for out-of-network (OON) care for circumstances beyond patients' control, established …

Purpose Given the financial hardships of surprise billing for patients, the aim of this study was
to assess the degree to which radiologists effectively participate in commercial insurance …

… LF reports book royalties from Thieme; is a board member of Alfred MD; and holds stock or
stock options in Focused Cryo. RL reports expert testimonial payments from MA Department …

Preparing for an adequate retirement is more of a challenge for women than it is for men.
Women are more likely to live alone, tend to live longer than men, and are at greater risk of …

Background: Pancreas transplantation improves quality of life and prevents the progression
of secondary complications of diabetes. Whether these benefits translate into a long-term …

This study was a randomized, double-blind, 12-week comparison of the pharmacokinetics,
safety, and tolerability of two cyclosporine (CsA) formulations, cyclosporine emulsion …

Nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs have the potential to improve women's and children's
nutrition, along with women's empowerment. The project-level Women's Empowerment in …

In the Spare-the-Nephron (STN) Study, kidney transplant recipients randomized about 115
days posttransplant to convert from CNI (calcineurin inhibitor)/MMF to sirolimus (SRL)/MMF …

The authors conducted an investigation in four tertiary-care centers to determine if psychiatric
comorbidity and psychological variables were predictive of functional impairment in …