Colorectal Cancer Screening and Social Needs.

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. While patient-reported barriers have been previously described, few studies have analyzed how patients' social needs affect screening rates.

Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 3,443 Kaiser Permanente (KP) patients ages 50 to 75 years who completed the 2020 KP National Social Needs Survey.

Telemedicine's Impact on Diabetes Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study in a Large Integrated Healthcare System.

Introduction: To examine if patients exposed to primary care telemedicine (telephone or video) early in the COVID-19 pandemic had higher rates of downstream HbA measurement and improved HbA levels in the second year of the pandemic.

Research Design And Methods: In a cohort of 242, 848 Kaiser Permanente Northern California patients with diabetes, we examined associations between early-pandemic patient-initiated telemedicine visit and downstream HbA monitoring and results during the second year of the pandemic.

Results: Adjusted HbA measurement rates were significantly higher among patients with telemedicine exposure in the early-pandemic prior year than those with no visits in the prior year (91.

Long-Term Evaluation of Functional Outcomes Following Rat Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury and Repair.

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries, by definition, exceed the endogenous repair capacity of skeletal muscle resulting in permanent structural and functional deficits. VML injuries present a significant burden for both civilian and military medicine. Despite progress, there is still considerable room for therapeutic improvement.