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Most patients are newly initiated on antidiabetic therapy or have antidiabetic therapy intensified within six months of hemoglobin A1c elevation

Elevated HbA1c Usually Leads to Prompt Tx Start, Intensification

Within 6 months of elevated HbA1c, rate of initiation 63 percent, rate of intensification 82 percent
Genomic medicine is likely to help clinical care shift from a reactive to a proactive approach

Genomic Medicine Will Help Shift Cardio Care to Proactive Approach

Within two decades, many patients are likely to undergo routine cardiovascular genomic testing
A substantial portion of parents whose children have food allergies have concerns over the safety of their child at school

Parents Have Concerns Over Food Allergy Precautions at Schools

Many parents feel additional food labeling, allergy education, and stocking of epinephrine needed
All patients with painful bone metastasis should be referred for palliative radiotherapy to relieve the pain

Senior CA Patients Also Benefit From Palliative Radiotherapy

Benefit of palliative radiation for bone metastasis across age groups; older age should not preclude tx
Strengthening state alcohol policies can reduce alcohol-related crash fatalities

Tighter Alcohol Policies Cut Alcohol-Related Crash Deaths

Consumption-oriented policies effective independent of driver-oriented policies
Personalizing the harm-benefit assessment of low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer can inform patient-centered screening decisions

Prediction Tool Helps Tailor Lung Cancer Screening to Patients

Researchers create web-based decision tool to facilitate personalized discussions
Teen mothers who are in the care of child protection services (CPS) when they gave birth have more than a seven times higher likelihood that their child will be taken into care before age 2 years

Babies of Adolescents in CPS Care More Likely to Be Taken Into Care

Intergenerational cycle of involvement seen for teen mothers and their children
Higher dietary protein intake is associated with a trend toward increased heart failure risk among middle-aged men

Does Higher Protein Intake Up Heart Failure Risk in Men?

Trend toward increased heart failure risk seen with higher intake of animal, plant, total protein
In 2015

CDC: Outpatient Rehab Rates Suboptimal for Stroke Survivors

Based on data from four states, in 2015, 35.5 percent of adult stroke survivors used outpatient rehab
Women face unique health challenges across their lifetimes

Recommendations Developed for Improving Women’s Health Care

Recommendations focus on policies to improve health outcomes, including training for clinicians