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Intensive blood pressure therapy is associated with significantly lower risk for cardiovascular events when using data reweighted to better reflect the U.S. adult population with diabetes

Intensive BP Therapy in Diabetes May Lower Risk for CV Events

Findings based on data reweighted to reflect the adult population with diabetes in the U.S.
An outbreak of flea-borne typhus in Los Angeles County has so far resulted in 57 cases

Flea-Borne Typhus Outbreak in Los Angeles County

Typhus fever can cause serious complications requiring lengthy hospitalization
A rare

Polio-Like Condition in Children on Rise Again in the United States

Acute flaccid myelitis first identified in 2014
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus vaccine has been expanded to include people ages 27 through 45

FDA Approves HPV Vaccine for People Through Age 45

Updated vaccine designed to prevent cancers and disease caused by nine HPV types
For nulliparous women receiving neuraxial analgesia

Timing of Pushing Does Not Impact Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery

Rate of spontaneous vaginal delivery similar for immediate pushing or waiting for 60 minutes
Lorcaserin reduces the risk for diabetes in obese or overweight patients with prediabetes or without diabetes and reduces hemoglobin A1c among those with diabetes

Lorcaserin Beneficial for Diabetes in Overweight, Obese

Lorcaserin reduces risk for diabetes for those with prediabetes, without diabetes; reduces HbA1c
The first hearing aid that does not require the assistance of an audiologist or other health care provider has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Marketing of First User-Fitted Hearing Aid

Bose Hearing Aid is user-fitted device for people 18 and older with mild-to-moderate hearing loss
Receiving prescriptions from both the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D is associated with increased risk for overlapping of opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions

Risk of Opioid-Benzodiazepine Overlap Up for Dual Prescribing

Increased risk for overlap, high-dose overlap for those with dual use of VA and Medicare drug benefits
Acetaminophen can reduce the risk for febrile seizure recurrence during the same fever episode among infants and children

Acetaminophen Can Reduce Recurrence of Febrile Seizures

For children, infants with febrile seizure, recurrence down with acetaminophen versus no antipyretic
Postmenopausal women with weight loss have a reduced risk for breast cancer

Weight Loss May Cut Breast CA Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Postmenopausal women with weight loss have lower breast cancer risk than those with stable weight