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Enterovirus D68 seems to be a more virulent pulmonary pathogen in children than rhinovirus or non-EV-D68 enterovirus

Enterovirus D68 Doesn’t Raise Mortality Risk in Children

But it increases the likelihood of respiratory distress compared with rhinovirus, non-EV-D68
Computerized cognitive training improves cognitive deficits associated with pediatric cancer treatment

Computerized Tool Aids Cognitive Deficits in Cancer Survivors

Findings based on small study of childhood cancer survivors with treatment-related deficits
Every year about 23

About 23,000 ER Visits/Year for Supplement-Linked Side Effects

Visits often involve adults aged 20 to 34 years and unsupervised children
Trends in opioid use and treatment of opioid use disorder are described in two studies published online Oct. 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Prescription Opioid Use Disorders Up From 2003 to 2013

Second study shows no increase in treatment for individuals with opioid use disorders
For adults with low back pain fitting a decision rule

Early Physical Therapy Shows Limited Value in Low Back Pain

Significant improvement in disability; improvement modest and not seen at one-year follow-up
Maternal midpregnancy measures of glucose and insulin are associated with two different congenital heart disease phenotypes

Maternal Glucose Levels Linked to Two CHD Phenotypes

Correlations with odds of tetralogy of Fallot but not dextrotransposition of the great arteries
Cancer survivors tend to have worse dietary quality than the general population

Cancer Survivors Often Have Poor Dietary Quality

Worse intake patterns than matched individuals from general population for empty calories, fiber
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends blood pressure screening for adults and use of confirmatory blood pressure measurement outside the clinic setting. These findings form the basis of a review and recommendation statement published online Oct. 12 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

USPSTF Recommends High Blood Pressure Screening

Confirmatory blood pressure measurements should be conducted outside the clinical setting
Retail clinics have a place in health care and should encourage the longitudinal care relationship with primary care physicians

ACP Provides Guidelines for Retail Health Clinics

Retail clinics can provide service as episodic alternative to care for relatively healthy patients

Red Wine at Dinner May Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk in T2DM

Findings in patients with controlled diabetes adding alcohol nightly to Mediterranean diet