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The rate of smoking during pregnancy is about 8.4 percent

CDC: Rate of Smoking 8.4 Percent at Any Time During Pregnancy

Highest prevalence for women 20 to 24 years and for non-Hispanic American Indian, Alaska Natives
Cola intake leads to a clinically relevant and statistically significant increase in the bioavailability of erlotinib during esomeprazole treatment

Cola Intake Increases Exposure of Erlotinib

Findings in patients treated with esomeprazole; likely due to pH-dependent solubility
Sepsis survivors have a substantially increased risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after discharge

Sepsis Tied to Higher Post-Discharge Mortality Risk

Higher risk of mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events can persist for five years
For older men

Admission to VA or Non-VA Hospitals Impacts Outcome

Lower 30-day mortality for AMI, heart failure, but not pneumonia, with admission to VA hospitals
Medical liability reforms are likely to be advanced and challenged in 2016

AMA Highlights Issues Relating to Medical Liability Reform

New ideas likely to be implemented in 2016 to address existing, developing issues in medical liability
Intensive care unit patients surviving to hospital discharge have higher five-year mortality and hospital resource use than hospital controls

Five-Year Mortality, Costs Up for ICU Survivors

Intensive care unit survivors have higher mortality, use of hospital resources in five years after discharge
Physicians recently met in Seattle to discuss the difficulties and benefits associated with electronic health records in a third town hall meeting on the subject

Doctors Offer Suggestions for Electronic Health Records

Suggestions offered on how to make EHRs more functional in practice, and reduce regulatory burden
The main histopathologic findings of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection are diffuse alveolar damage in the lungs and evidence of chronic disease in other organs

Histopathologic Findings Described for MERS-CoV Autopsy

Main finding in lungs was diffuse alveolar damage; evidence of chronic disease in other organs
Patients with respiratory allergies

Allergies, Asthma, Eczema Tied to Lower Risk of Glioma

Researchers found 30 percent lower odds for those with respiratory allergies and eczema
Simplification

Patient-Centered System Recommended for Medical Billing

Simplification, consolidation, and real-time cost information could improve medical billing system