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Limiting tackling during high school football practices lowers the risk of head impacts

New Rule Tied to Fewer Head Impacts in High School Football

Restricting full-contact practices to no more than two days a week reduces head impacts
Teenage athletes are less likely to abuse opioids than adolescents who don't play sports or exercise

Teen Athletes at Low Risk for Opioid Addiction

Sports may actually provide protective effect against opioid abuse
Many U.S. medical students use electronic health records to track the progress of their former patients and confirm the accuracy of their diagnoses

Medical Students Often Track Progress of Former Patients

The practice is common and raises privacy issues, but overall is beneficial, researchers say
The American Red Cross says it has an urgent need for blood donations

American Red Cross Says Blood Donations Needed Urgently

There's currently less than a five-day supply, group says
Converting a single weekly meeting to a walking meeting can help raise work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers

‘Walking Meetings’ Feasible Strategy for Employee Wellness

Walking meetings increase on-the-job activity levels for white-collar workers
An ultrasonographically-guided percutaneous treatment using a 21-gauge needle is efficacious for trigger finger

Ultrasound-Guided Treatment Feasible for Trigger Finger

Trigger finger completely resolved immediately after procedure in 81.7 percent of 60 cases
Surgeons who are less likely to discuss the preventability of an adverse event are more likely to be negatively affected by disclosure of these events

Disclosure of Adverse Events May Impact Surgeon Well-Being

Those who report difficulty discussing experiences more likely to be negatively affected by disclosure
While overall U.S. medical spending growth slowed between 2004 and 2013

Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy

But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor
In many cases of meniscal tear

Surgery Not Always Necessary for Meniscal Tears

Researchers suggest exercise will work on its own
For women initiating osteoporosis treatment

Osteoporosis Treatment-Linked Changes in BMD ID Fracture Risk

Treatment-related increases in total hip bone mineral density linked to reduced fracture risk