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A jury says Johnson & Johnson must pay $4.62 billion to 22 women who allege they developed ovarian cancer after using the company's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower brand talcum powder as part of their daily feminine hygiene routine.

Jury Awards $4.62B in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Lawsuit

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The award includes $550 million in compensatory damages and $4.14 billion in punitive damages
Reducing public insurance (Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program) income eligibility limits would result in large numbers of newly ineligible pediatric hospitalizations

Cutting Insurance Eligibility Ups Peds Hospitalization Cost Burden

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Reducing public insurance eligibility limits would raise numbers of ineligible pediatric hospitalizations
Overlooking women in medicine can have far-reaching consequences

Gender Bias in Medicine Has Far-Reaching Consequences

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Exclusion of women from upper echelons of medicine may have real implications for patient care
The emergency medicine workforce comprises many non-emergency medicine trained physicians

Many Non-Emergency Medicine Trained Physicians in ER Care

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Higher proportion of emergency medicine trained clinicians in urban versus rural counties
Blacks have considerably increased risk for hypertension than whites through age 55 years

Blacks Have Elevated HTN Risk Through Age 55 Years

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Regardless of BP levels in young adulthood, blacks have increased hypertension risk versus whites
Higher levels of vitamin D may be protective against breast cancer

Higher Vitamin D Levels May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

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Pooled analysis finds levels ≥60 ng/mL are most protective among women aged 55 years and older
Neither glargine followed by metformin nor metformin alone halts the progressive deterioration of β-cell function in youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recently-diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Two Regimens Fail to Stop Declines in β-Cell Function

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Metformin alone or after insulin no help in youth with new diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance
Lawnmowers pose a serious risk of injury to children

AAP: Lawnmowers Pose Serious Injury Risk to Children

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American Academy of Pediatrics offers safety tips for children around lawnmowers
There are sociodemographic disparities in eyeglass use by age

Sociodemographic Disparities in Eyeglass Use Among Elderly

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Glasses use less likely for those who were older, non-white, had lower educational levels, less affluent
More than 11 percent of adults aged ≥45 years in the United States report subjective cognitive decline

11.2% of U.S. Adults Aged ≥45 Report Subjective Mental Decline

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About half of those reporting subjective cognitive decline report SCD-related functional limitations