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AAOS: ADHD Meds Tied to Lower Bone Density in Children
One-quarter of children in study had lower-than-normal readings
ACOG Issues Recommendations on Prenatal Screening
Bulletins relate to prenatal diagnostic testing for genetic disorders, screening for fetal aneuploidy
More Chest Pain for Women Undergoing PCI With DES
Similarly low incidence of adverse cardiovascular events for men and women with new generation DES
Most Lung Cancer-Specific Tweets Relate to Support, Prevention
<20 percent of tweets about clinical trials; only one tweet linked to a patient recruitment website
Location, Age Affect Hospital Visitor Hand Sanitizer Use
In addition to these factors, visitors are more likely to use alcohol-based hand sanitizer when in a group
AHA: Yogurt Consumption Linked to Reduced Risk of High BP
Effect seen in women, not men; strongest effect seen in the highest tertile of DASH scores
AHA: Exposure to Violence May Up Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Exposure to physical violence in adulthood linked to carotid artery intima media thickness
Lens Surface, Care Solution Affect Adhesion of Acanthamoeba
Adhesion of AC trophozoites greater to untreated FP lenses; Boston Simplus reduces adhesion rates
Google Pledges $1 Million to Help Fight Zika Virus
Google's engineers also helping develop a platform to process virus data
U.S. Bans E-Cigarettes on Commercial Flights
To protects passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes
