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Efforts to improve the quality of clinical care in the United States have had little impact on many aspects of outpatient care

Quality of Outpatient Care Has Not Consistently Improved in U.S.

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Large analysis finds declines or stagnation in many basic health measures in the United States
Caffeine doesn't appear to increase the risk of arrhythmias in patients with heart failure

Arrhythmias Not Induced by Caffeine in Heart Failure Patients

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Stress test didn't show short-term changes after coffee drinking
Seniors with hip fractures may be more likely to die if they're treated in smaller community hospitals than in large teaching hospitals

Outcomes Up for Seniors With Hip Fx in Large Teaching Hospitals

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Mortality rates higher in smaller community hospitals, Canadian study finds
For patients with chronic hepatitis B

Liver Stiffness Linked to Hepatic Events, Death in Hepatitis B

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Metabolic syndrome ups risk of cardiovascular events, not hepatic events or death in chronic hep B
For overweight or obese individuals

Income Predicts Receipt of Weight-Loss Advice

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Findings in overweight, obese adults in cohort, including low-income, racial/ethnic minority adults
Adolescent body mass index predicts diabetes mellitus mortality in midlife

Adolescent BMI Predicts Diabetes Mellitus Mortality

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Overweight and obesity correlated with hazard ratios of 8.0 and 17.2 for diabetes mortality
Carcinosarcomas of the uterus and ovary have mutations in cancer genes previously identified in uterine and ovarian carcinomas and in genes encoding histones H2A and H2B

Mutations Identified in Uterine, Ovarian Carcinosarcomas

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Mutations in previously ID'd cancer genes; excess of mutations in genes encoding histone H2A, H2B
In a clinical practice guideline published online Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association

New Recs for RBC Transfusion, Optimal RBC Storage Length

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Restrictive red blood cell transfusion threshold of 7 g/dL recommended for most hospitalized adults
Use of complementary health approaches is significantly higher for U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders

CDC: Complementary Health Use Up With Musculoskeletal Pain

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Over 41 percent of U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders use complementary health approach
A psychoeducational intervention is effective for reducing fear of cancer recurrence among patients with ongoing melanoma care

Psychoeducational Intervention Reduces Fear of CA Recurrence

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Newly developed intervention effective for reducing FCR, stress, and increasing melanoma knowledge