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For overweight or obese individuals with diabetes mellitus

Intensive Lifestyle Changes May Up Frailty Fracture Risk in DM

But no increase in overall fracture risk with ILI in overweight or obese individuals with diabetes
For patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer who attend a multidisciplinary clinic

Decisional Regret Doesn’t Differ by Treatment in Prostate Cancer

Only African-American race was associated with greater regret across time
Suitable cognitive screening tools can be used by pharmacists during home medication review

Cognitive Screening Tools Can Be Used in Home Medication Review

Anxiety and depression checklist, and 'worried about your memory' tools can be self-administered
Health care providers should offer routine screening for dysmenorrhea

Many Women Not Seeking Care for Dysmenorrhea

Reasons include assuming symptoms were normal or tolerable, thinking providers wouldn't offer help
Utilization of health services was largely unchanged from 1996-1997 to 2011-2012

Health Service Use Unchanged From 1996-1997 to 2011-2012

Expenditures for various categories of medical services increased in almost every category assessed
Emergency department physicians need new criteria for diagnosing infection among older adults

New Criteria Urged for Infection Diagnosis Among Seniors in ER

Emergency department physicians often under and over diagnose infections in older adults
Expectant mothers who consume more sugary beverages during pregnancy tend to have children with higher amounts of body fat

Sugary Drinks in Mid-Pregnancy Up Odds of Heavier Children

Two or more sweet drinks a day in second trimester linked to an extra 2 pounds in 8-year-olds
The rate of serious medication errors has doubled since 2000

Rate of Non-Health Care Facility Medication Errors on the Rise

Poison control centers get one call every 21 seconds about a potentially serious mix-up
Couples who undergo assisted reproduction treatment do not have a higher likelihood of divorce

Treatment for Infertility Does Not Appear to Raise Risk of Divorce

Study finds couples who seek in vitro fertilization are not at added risk of divorce
Patients with Parkinson's disease are about four times more likely to develop melanoma

Parkinson’s Patients Deemed at Higher Risk of Melanoma

Researchers urge counsel of patients that if they have one disease, they're at risk of the other