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Artificial sweeteners don't contain the calories or energy that evolution has trained the brain to expect from sweet-tasting foods

Hormone May Be Key to Sugar, Diet Sweetener Response

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In experimental model, disruption of Dh44 linked to failure to select nutritive sugars
For kindergarten students

Physician-Provided Oral Health Services Cut Dental Caries

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However, no improvement in subsequent use of treatment services in dental settings
A sequence of immunizations against HIV might hold the key to a successful vaccine

Sequence of Shots May Lead to Effective HIV Vaccine

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Series of immunizations might encourage HIV-fighting antibodies
Use of penile prosthesis insertion has decreased for erectile dysfunction

Penile Prosthesis Use Decreasing in Erectile Dysfunction

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Increased likelihood of PP use for men aged 65 to 74, those with Charlson comorbidity score >1
More than one-third of U.S. children and adolescents have been physically assaulted -- mostly by siblings and peers -- in the past year

U.S. Children Experience High Rates of Assault, Abuse

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Long-term effects include poor mental and physical health, researchers say
Many people have undiagnosed HIV

CDC Examines Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV

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Percentage of people living with diagnosed HIV varies from 77 to ≥90 percent
Telemedicine can address access and physician workforce shortages and should be encouraged within the framework of the medical home

AAP Evaluates Potential Impact of Telemedicine in Pediatrics

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Telemedicine has potential to improve access and physician workforce shortages
Issues relating to physician retirement and evaluation of aging physicians before retirement are discussed in a Council on Medical Education report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA Discusses Pre-Retirement Evaluation for Aging Doctors

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Physicians approved development of preliminary assessment guidelines at AMA meeting
A low-calorie diet may improve heart rate variability in obese patients with type 2 diabetes

Low-Calorie Diet May Improve Heart Rate Variability in Diabetes

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Vagal activity tied to enhanced oxidative glucose utilization, not insulin sensitivity
Allowing needle-exchange programs is one way to curtail the recent HIV outbreak in rural Indiana

Indiana Lifts Ban on Needle Exchange to Curb HIV Outbreak

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Surge in needle use in rural Indiana linked to inappropriate prescribing of opioid medications