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A patient-specific preconversation communication-priming intervention targeting patients and clinicians is associated with an increase in goals-of-care discussions among patients with serious illness

Prompts May Up Goals-of-Care Dialogues at Outpatient Visits

Patient-specific intervention tied to increase in goals-of-care discussions for patients with serious illness
For older adults

Review IDs Exercise ‘Dose’ That May Improve Cognition in Seniors

52+ hours of exercise over 6 months tied to improved cognition for seniors with, without impairment
The widespread shortages of injectable opioids and small-volume parenteral solutions are jeopardizing patient care and placing a strain on hospital operations

ASHP: SVP, Injectable Opioid Shortages Threaten Patient Care

98.4 percent of respondents report moderate, severe shortages of morphine, hydromorphone, fentanyl
For patients with episodic migraine

Galcanezumab Beats Placebo for Episodic Migraine

Treatment with 120- or 240-mg galcanezumab linked to reduction in migraine days versus placebo
The safety profile of oral propranolol seems to be good for children with infantile hemangioma

Oral Propranolol Seems Safe for Infantile Hemangioma

Good safety profile for children with infantile hemangioma with no prespecified underlying disease
A three-month yoga intervention can reduce urinary incontinence frequency in ambulatory women aged 50 years or older

AUA: Yoga Can Reduce Urinary Incontinence in Older Women

Greater decrease in total UI frequency with yoga intervention versus time-and-attention control group
Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with an attenuation in the effects of air pollution

Mediterranean Diet May Lessen Adverse Impact of Air Pollution

Adherence to Mediterranean diet may attenuate association of NO2 with all-cause mortality
Type 1 diabetes self-management behaviors vary across adult developmental stages

T1DM Self-Management Varies With Adult Developmental Stages

Mean HbA1c levels highest for emerging adults (age 18 to <25) and lowest for older adults (age ≥65)
Overall

Prenatal Care in First Trimester for Majority of 2016 U.S. Births

Over 75 percent of women received at least adequate prenatal care; 15 percent had inadequate care
Obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease risk even among metabolically healthy women

CVD Risk Up Even in Metabolically Healthy Obese Women

Women with metabolically unhealthy normal-weight, overweight, obesity had considerably higher risk