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For patients undergoing left main coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention

Operator Experience Impacts Prognosis for Left Main PCI

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Short-, long-term prognosis up for more experienced operators in left main coronary artery PCI
Considerable costs are associated with absenteeism related to chronic diseases and health risk factors

Considerable Absenteeism Costs for Chronic Disease, Risk Factors

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Considerable costs for smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, and for those with hypertension, diabetes
Treated diabetic retinopathy is extremely rare among children with type 1 diabetes

Treated Diabetic Retinopathy Rare in Children With T1DM

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None of the 45 individuals from the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry reporting DR had received treatment
Financial toxicity is a clinically relevant outcome for patients receiving treatment for advanced cancer

Financial Toxicity Is a Relevant Cancer Outcome Measure

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Health-related quality of life correlated with financial toxicity in cancer patients
In pregnant women taking the antidepressant bupropion

Researchers Find Antidepressant Bupropion Crosses Placenta

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Concentrations suggest higher fetal exposure to metabolites than the drug
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Postprandial Walk Beneficial in Type 2 Diabetes

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Second study supports at least 150 minutes of exercise a week for reducing T2DM risk
Some patients with atrial fibrillation who have implanted pacemakers or defibrillators may not always need anticoagulation

Researchers Say Not All A-Fib Patients Need Anticoagulation

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If episodes of atrial fibrillation are brief, risk of stroke is low
Patients having elective surgery on Fridays are no more likely to die than patients who undergo procedures any other weekday

Post-Op Mortality for Elective Surgeries No Higher on Fridays

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Canadian review finds patients having procedures at end of work week face no greater mortality risk
Women vaccinated with earlier versions of the human papillomavirus vaccine may only need cervical cancer screening every five years starting at age 25 or 30

Less Frequent Cervical CA Screens May Be OK After HPV Vaccine

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Less testing could reduce risk of false-positives and save money, researchers say
For infants undergoing microscopic urinalysis as part of urinary tract infection evaluation

Urine Concentration Aids UTI Diagnosis in Young Infants

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Pyuria threshold varies with urine concentration for evaluation of UTI in young infants