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ICYMI: 61% of Medicare-eligible adults have a BMI of 27 or higher. If any beneficiary with elevated CV risk became eligible for semaglutide, Medicare could face additional annual costs of up to $145 billion: ecs.page.link/j11in University of Michigan

A randomized control trial compared endoscopic ultrasound-guided rendezvous technique (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy as salvage techniques for difficult bile duct cannulation in benign biliary obstruction: ecs.page.link/CuZCb

Most read at annals.org: Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinical Guideline From the ACP. Full text is freely available: ecs.page.link/3rdWj

A randomized trial of middle aged and older women w/ urinary incontinence found that a #yoga intervention did not result in a greater improvement in symptoms compared to a general muscle stretching + strengthening exercise program: ecs.page.link/YnyHz UCSF School of Medicine

Did you know that Annals offers informative podcasts, compelling videos, insightful medical humanities, and more? Discover your favorite Annals multimedia feature today and earn FREE CME credit and MOC points from designated features: ecs.page.link/LorRQ

AI has the potential to reduce administration costs, improve measurement and outcomes, and more. Meeting the Artificial Intelligence Needs of U.S. Health Systems: ecs.page.link/9DvYd Pat Lyons David Dorr, MD, MS Karandeep Singh Philip R.O. Payne, PhD

Authors with fulfilling, nontraditional careers in medicine offer advice for young medical students looking to make an impact beyond patient care: ecs.page.link/3QzSc Neil Vora, MD (he/him) @conservationorg Dr. Vin Gupta

The latest from Annals is online now. Unintended consequences of earlier breast cancer screening; acupuncture for chronic neck pain; comparative effectiveness of common FIT tests for CRC; and more: ecs.page.link/eTbh2

A large, multi-center cohort study of more than 3 million screening mammograms in over 1 million patients aged 40 to 73 found that women were less likely to return for subsequent screenings if they had a false positive result: ecs.page.link/NZkXN @UCDavis

Happy #WomeninMedicine Month to the remarkable women physicians who dedicate their time and considerable talents to making the Annals of Internal Medicine one of the most widely cited peer-reviewed medical journals in the world! #WIMMonth

An editorial from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre discusses new Annals research on false-positive recalls for mammography screening "Determining Women's Willingness to Screen for Breast Cancer: Does False-Positive Recall Matter?: ecs.page.link/Speou

New: An RCT found that individualized #acupuncture may reduce chronic neck pain for up to 24 weeks when compared to sham acupuncture and a waitlist control group: ecs.page.link/hWNmC

New: Time From Approval to Reimbursement of New Drugs: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States, England, Germany, France, and Switzerland (2011–2022): ecs.page.link/kEfsQ

A comparative performance study of 5 commonly used fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) found substantial variations in performance characteristics between tests: ecs.page.link/FXfLr Carver College of Medicine #colorectalcancer #CRC

A new report finds that the U.S. lags behind European countries in time from drug approval to reimbursement. This is important because while approval enables market entry of new drugs, insurance reimbursement is what determines patient access: ecs.page.link/kEfsQ

In a new #AnnalsOnCall, Robert Centor, MD (Robert Centor MD MACP 🇮🇱) discusses the responsible use of #AI in health care with Nadia Daneshvar, JD, MPH and Deepti Pandita, MD based on their ACP position paper: ecs.page.link/H2dds

Comparing Cardiovascular Risk Classification of U.S. Adults According to Pooled Cohort Equations and PREVENT Equations: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: ecs.page.link/bvEiu Dmitry Abramov Loma Linda U. Health BCM Department of Medicine

Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A National Cohort Study of 115 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals: ecs.page.link/CFWVW University of Utah Health