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Preemptive pain medication is safe and reduces pain in the early postoperative period for patients undergoing anorectal surgery

Preemptive Analgesia May Cut Post-Op Pain in Anorectal Surgery

Preoperative pain medications reduce pain and narcotic use in the early post-op period
Very young children with urinary tract infections who receive parenteral antibiotics before emergency department discharge do not have lower rates of revisits leading to admission than children receiving oral antibiotics

Pediatric Revisits, Admissions for UTI Similar With Oral or IV Meds

Findings support ED discharge with oral antibiotics for children with urinary tract infection
Overall

14.6 Percent of U.S. Adults Used Marijuana in Past Year

Prevalence of use was 20 percent in states with legal recreational use, 12 percent where no use is legal
Medical collections decrease substantially with age

Medical Bills in Collections Decrease With Patient Age

Mediating roles probable for increases in health insurance coverage and incomes
An allergen in red meat may be tied to heart disease

An Allergy to Red Meat May Be Tied to Heart Disease

Allergen may represent a novel, potentially modifiable risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis
Due to elevated levels of lead or copper in drinking water at some schools

Drinking Water Turned Off in All Detroit’s Public Schools

Decision made 'out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of students and employees'
A rare but serious genital infection known as necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum

FDA: Common Diabetes Meds Tied to Serious Genital Infection

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors linked to 12 cases of Fournier's gangrene
Chinese officials have not sent lab samples of H7N9 bird flu virus to their U.S. counterparts despite repeated requests and an international agreement.

China Withholding H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Samples From U.S.

Specimens of the rapidly evolving virus are needed to develop vaccines and treatments
Geographic variation in the Medicare Advantage population exceeds that of traditional Medicare for use of skilled nursing facility and hospital care

Medicare, Med Advantage Health Care Use Differs Regionally

Variation in skilled nursing facility, hospital care up in Medicare Advantage versus traditional Medicare
Diabetes and smoking are vascular risk factors associated with hippocampal calcification in older patents with memory issues

Vascular Risk Factors for Brain Calcification in Seniors Identified

Hippocampal calcifications associated with diabetes and smoking in patients visiting a memory clinic