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Discussing the risk of long-term opioid use disorder with patients is associated with reduced misuse of opioids

Discussing Opioid Risks With Patients Reduces Misuse

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Sixty percent lower rate of saving of pills among patients who talked to their doctor about risks
The prognostic value of lower heart rate thresholds (defined as the percentage of age-predicted maximal heart rate achieved

Beta-Blocker Tx Attenuates Prognostic Value of ppMHR

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Inverse correlation for ppMHR with all-cause mortality, which is attenuated by β-blocker therapy
Patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy before and after radical cystectomy frequently experience thromboembolic events

Thromboembolic Events Common With Chemo for Bladder Cancer

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Findings in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Arsenic metabolism seems to be associated with type 1 diabetes in young people

Arsenic Metabolism Linked to Development of Type 1 Diabetes

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Correlations for inorganic arsenic, monomethylated arsenic, dimethylated arsenic with type 1 diabetes
Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 is a predictive marker for patients with digestive system cancers

Oct4 Found to Be a Prognostic Marker for Digestive Cancers

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Elevated Oct4 levels tied to poor overall, disease-free, and recurrence-free survival
Having retail health clinics near hospitals does not reduce emergency department visits for minor health problems

Retail Clinics Don’t Reduce ER Visits for Minor Ailments

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Many patients still rely on the emergency department for help with minor health problems
Dementia rates have dropped dramatically over the last decade or so

Decline in Prevalence of Dementia 2000 to 2012 in the United States

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Rates have dropped over last decade, and better education might be one reason why
Combining dabigatran with certain statin medications could raise the odds for major hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation

Hemorrhage Risk Up in A-Fib Patients on Dabigatran, Statins

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Study found heightened odds when dabigatran was taken with one of two statin drugs

American Society of Nephrology, Nov. 15-20

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The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week 2016 The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology was held...
About 4 percent of U.S. teens surveyed admit to trying the "choking game

Playing ‘Choking Game’ Alone Can Indicate Heightened Suicide Risk

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Teens who tried this game alone almost five times more likely to contemplate suicide