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Access to primary care may be reduced for patients taking prescription opioids

Taking Prescription Opioids Could Limit Primary Care Access

40 percent of primary care clinics won't take new patients using opioid painkillers, regardless of insurance type
For patients with end-stage kidney disease

Bariatric Surgery Up in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease

Complication rates similar for patients with, without ESKD undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
The World Health Organization "Treat All" strategy for antiretroviral treatment initiation among patients living with HIV was the standard of care at almost all International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS sites by mid-2017

WHO ‘Treat All’ Recommendation for HIV Widely Implemented

Findings seen in rural, primary-level health facilities in low-resource settings
Recent reductions in fine particulate matter have resulted in lower mortality in most counties in the United States

Cuts in Fine Particulate Matter Pollution Have Spared U.S. Lives

Reductions in PM2.5 since 1999 estimated to have lowered mortality in all but 14 counties
Age-adjusted death rates decreased for Hispanic adults from 2000 through 2017

CDC: Mortality Rates Continue to Decrease for Hispanic Adults

Difference in death rates between non-Hispanic white, Hispanic adults widened from 2000 to 2017
A warning letter has been issued to Massachusetts-based Curaleaf Inc. for illegally selling unapproved cannabidiol products online with unproven claims that the products treat cancer

FDA Warns CBD Product Maker About False Claims

Agency says unproven claims about CBD products could lead consumers to delay medical care
Private equity firms have a stake in an increasing number of dermatology practices throughout the United States

Private Equity Stake Rising Among Dermatology Practices

Annual acquisitions increased from five in 2012 to 59 in 2017; 34 more occurred through May 31, 2018
Adiposity in early old age is associated with reduced gray matter later in life

Adiposity in Early Old Age Tied to MRI Signs of Brain Aging Later

Higher BMI, larger waist circumference in one's 60s significantly associated with cortical thinning
More patients suffer cardiac arrest in U.S. hospitals each year than previously estimated -- with rates 38 percent greater for adults and 18 percent greater for children

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in the U.S. May Be Underestimated

Authors say that cardiac arrest is a 'major public health problem'
Metformin use is associated with a substantially lower risk for dementia among younger African-American patients with diabetes compared with sulfonylurea initiation

Metformin May Lower Dementia Risk in Black Patients With T2DM

Findings strongest in younger African-American patients aged 50 to 64 years