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Experts Warn of Health Threats From Climate Change

Additional 250,000 deaths/year projected from heat stress, malnutrition, infectious diseases
This year's influenza vaccine is a fairly good match for the circulating viruses

CDC: Influenza Vaccine 48 Percent Effective Overall

More severe H3N2 strain a factor in reduced coverage
Health care spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025

Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025

National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
There's preliminary evidence that adequate amounts of vitamin D might help lower rates of acute respiratory infections

Vitamin D May Help Reduce Risk of Acute Respiratory Infection

Association seen between vitamin D supplementation and decreased likelihood of respiratory infection
Cannabidiol could be beneficial for the treatment of oral mucositis

Review: Cannabidiol May Be Beneficial for Oral Mucositis

Data on use of cannabidiol in dentistry are scarce, but it appears to be safe, effective
Five years after bariatric surgery

Bariatric Surgery Tied to T2DM Resolution in Obese Patients

Surgery plus intensive medical therapy found more effective than intensive medical therapy alone
Emergency department patients are at greater risk for long-term opioid use even after a single prescription from an emergency medicine physician who regularly prescribes them

Doctors’ Opioid Rx Patterns Tied to Patient Risk for Long-Term Use

Patients 30 percent more likely to abuse opioids if their ER physician prescribes them frequently
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Dulaglutide Linked to Higher Adherence in T2DM

Higher adherence, lower discontinuation versus exenatide once weekly or liraglutide
Health care utilization is common after appropriate and inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shock events

Health Care Utilization Common After ICD Shock Events

Forty-six percent of shock events have related health care use, with cardiac catheterization common
The risks of adverse events are similar with short-term use of typical and atypical antipsychotic medications after cardiac surgery in seniors

Similar Adverse Event Risk for Typical, Atypical Antipsychotics

However, greater use of brain imaging associated with atypical APMs after cardiac surgery in seniors