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Chemotherapy patients who suck on ice chips during treatment with oxaliplatin infusion have less trouble with eating and drinking cold things

Sucking Ice Chips Cuts Oral Side Effects of Oxaliplatin Chemo

Benefits include less trouble eating and fewer symptom-related negative effects on quality of life
Both telephone-delivered and web-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy can significantly improve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aids Irritable Bowel Symptoms

Improvements in symptoms, life impact maintained at 12 months
Financial incentives do not increase response rates among patients mailed at-home colorectal cancer screening tests

Financial Incentives Do Not Boost Use of At-Home CRC Screening Tests

$10 incentives used in the study may have been too small to garner a response
Increased educational debt appears to directly influence physician practice choice

Loan Forgiveness, Educational Debt May Affect Practice Patterns

Graduates with loan forgiveness/repayment program more likely to enter primary care fields
There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization and childhood cancer

Conception by IVF May Increase Risk for Rare Childhood Cancer

Rate of hepatic tumors higher among children conceived via IVF
Regular cannabis users require a significantly higher amount of sedation for endoscopic procedures compared with nonusers

Need for Sedation Up for Regular Cannabis Users

Regular cannabis users undergoing endoscopic procedures need higher dose than nonusers
The National Hand Hygiene Initiative has successfully sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance

National Hand Hygiene Initiative Successful in Australia

Overall hand hygiene compliance increased from 2009 to 2017; associated drop seen in HA-SAB incidence
For certain procedures

Surgical Site Infection Rates May Differ by Gender

SSI rates differ by gender for certain procedures, including increased risk for women after heart surgery
Children with chronic constipation have underlying sensory characteristics that contribute to toileting behavioral difficulties

Sensory Sensitivity Tied to Constipation in Young Children

Feeding problems due to sensory sensitivities common in children with constipation
Fifty-three medical professionals

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills