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A group of metabolites whose levels decline as people age appear to have an effect on the circadian clock

Declining Polyamine Levels Tied to Longer Circadian Period

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Researchers find that this process can be reversed in mice with nutritional supplementation
There is a possible correlation between bortezomib use and chalazia

Possible Association for Bortezomib Therapy, Chalazia

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Twenty-four reports of bortezomib-linked chalazia, mainly involving upper eyelid
Blunt-tip and pencil-point needles have comparable risks of inadvertent vascular injection during lumbosacral transforaminal injections

Needle Type Doesn’t Change Epidural Vascular Uptake Risk

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Similar risk of inadvertent vascular injection seen with blunt-tip, pencil-point needles
A ratio evaluating the expression of two molecular markers may assist in the rapid diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia on ICU admission

Gene Expression Ratio May Aid Rapid Pneumonia Diagnosis

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The FAIM3:PLAC8 ratio may help with community-acquired pneumonia diagnosis on ICU admission
States with strong alcohol control policies have lower death rates connected to alcohol-related liver damage

Stricter Alcohol Policy Tied to Lower Rates of Cirrhosis Mortality

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Strongest link between alcohol policies and alcoholic cirrhosis deaths seen in northeastern U.S.
As many as half of postsurgical infections and more than a quarter of infections after chemotherapy are caused by organisms already resistant to standard antibiotics

Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance in Surgery, Chemo

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10 percent rise in antibiotic resistance would lead to 2,100 more deaths, 40,000 more infections yearly
Improved prescribing practices could help reduce opioid abuse and overdose deaths from those drugs

CDC: Prescribing Practices Key to Curbing Rx Abuse

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Small number of doctors write most opioid prescriptions, study finds
Lipid profiles seem to be associated with tendon health

Review Links Lipid Profiles With Tendon Health

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Altered tendon structure or pain linked to higher total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides
Although new statistics show that smoking among American teenagers has dropped 64 percent in recent years

CDC: Teen Smoking Down, Marijuana Use Up

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Second report indicates more American adults are trying to break the tobacco habit
An in-office qualification test can identify patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration who may benefit from a home monitoring device

In-Office Test IDs AMD Patients Who Qualify for Home Device

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About 70 percent of patients who completed test attained score suggesting ability to use home device