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During 2007 to 2017

Fertility Rates Down for Each Urbanization Level 2007 to 2017

Fertility rates decreased from 2007 to 2017 with larger decreases in metro versus rural counties
A jugular vein compression collar can prevent white matter alterations associated with head impact exposure among female high school soccer players

Compression Collar May Protect Brain of Female Soccer Players

No white matter changes among female high school soccer athletes who wore compression collar
Web-based programs may be effective in helping patients make lifestyle changes to control non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Web-Based Lifestyle Program Works for Liver Disease Patients

Similar weight, liver enzyme improvements seen with group- and web-based programs for NAFLD patients
In adults with moderate obesity and either impaired glucose tolerance or recently diagnosed mild type 2 diabetes

Gastric Banding, Metformin Similar for Improving Glycemia

Both preserved β-cell function in obese adults with impaired glucose tolerance, mild T2DM
Patients with Takotsubo syndrome

High Risk for Readmission for Takotsubo Syndrome

Of TTS survivors, 11.9 percent readmitted within 30 days, with associated mortality of 3.5 percent
The incidence of congestive heart failure during pregnancy is 31 percent among women with a history of cardiotoxicity associated with cancer treatment

CHF in Pregnancy Up for Cancer Survivors With Cardiac Toxicity

Incidence of congestive heart failure at 31 percent among women with a history of cardiotoxicity
A rare but devastating polio-like virus appears to have made itself at home in the United States

CDC Warns of Polio-Like Virus Striking More U.S. Children

127 cases reported in 22 states so far this year with 62 confirmed as acute flaccid myelitis
Dietary supplements often include active pharmaceuticals

Active Pharmaceuticals ID’d in >700 Dietary Supplements

More than 20 percent of the 776 adulterated products contained more than one unapproved ingredient
Hispanic/Latino women with HIV infection face more socioeconomic and language challenges than men

More Socioeconomic Challenges for Hispanic Women With HIV

Hispanic/Latina women receive more ancillary services than men and have similar clinical outcomes
Cataract surgery is associated with a reduction in the rate of cognitive decline among older adults

Cataract Surgery Tied to Drop in Cognitive Decline in Seniors

Decline in episodic memory scores seen with older age slower after versus before cataract surgery