Consistency of Hemoglobin A1c Testing and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Diabetes

Journal of the American Heart Association
Goodney PP, Newhall KA, Bekelis K, Gottlieb D, Comi R, Chaudrain S, Faerber AE, Mackenzie TA, Skinner JS

Annual hemoglobin A1c testing is recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus. However, it is unknown how consistently patients with diabetes mellitus receive hemoglobin A1c testing over time, or whether testing consistency is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

Association of Statin Use With the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Medicare Patients With Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms

Stroke
Kimon Bekelis, Jeremy Smith, Weiping Zhou, David Roberts, Jonathan Skinner, and Nancy Morden

Animal studies have demonstrated that statins decrease cerebral aneurysm progression and the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A protective effect has also been observed in human studies of abdominal aortic aneurysms. We investigated the association between statin use and SAH in Medicare beneficiaries.