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Health care costs can be reduced

Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs

Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
A pharmacist medication adherence program can improve adherence to interferon-beta among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Pharmacist Program Can Improve IFN-β Adherence in MS

Increase in patient knowledge scores from baseline to end of third visit at three months
The prevalence of elevated cardiovascular risk is low in normotensive

Findings Support More Targeted Approach to Cholesterol Screens

Among normotensive nonsmokers without diabetes, very few at heightened risk of ASCVD
More than half of eligible Americans traveling abroad don't get a measles vaccine

Few Eligible U.S. Travelers Getting Pre-Trip Measles Vaccine

Though the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, foreign travel can still bring it home today
Outdoor air temperature may influence a pregnant woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes

Warmer Temperatures May Up Risk of Gestational Diabetes

Extreme cold seems to reduce odds, while heat appears to raise risk, researchers say
Benzocaine wipes may help reduce the symptoms of premature ejaculation

AUA: Benzocaine Wipes Can Reduce Premature Ejaculation

Anesthetic wipes contain 4 percent benzocaine
Women who undergo menopause early or who never gave birth might have an increased risk of heart failure

Younger Age at Menopause Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Failure

Women who have never given birth also appear at increased risk for incident heart failure
Patients with degenerative brain diseases die about two years earlier compared with people who don't have these conditions

Life Expectancy Slighter Shorter With Parkinson’s, Dementia

Two-year difference seen between people with degenerative brain diseases and their healthy peers
The groin pain and numbness some bicyclists experience isn't harmful to their sexual or urinary health

AUA: Cycling Has No Detrimental Effect on Urinary, Sexual Function

Any transient discomfort or numbness won't harm sexual or urinary function, researchers say
Most solid organ transplant recipients do not adhere to standard recommendations for cancer screening

Cancer Screen Adherence Low for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

But assessment by primary care provider linked to reversal of that trend