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Nearly one-quarter of enrollees in a U.S. managed care network who visit the emergency department for an ocular condition have a nonurgent condition

One in Four Ocular ER Visits for Nonurgent Conditions

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Risk of visiting ER for nonurgent ocular conditions down for those with established eye care provider
Successful weight maintenance may be more likely with a series of post-diet coaching sessions conducted mostly by phone

Maintenance Intervention Improves Long-Term Weight Loss

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Coaching sessions seem to help patients keep from regaining the weight
Consumption of mercury-laden seafood is associated with risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AAN: Mercury in Seafood May Be Tied to Higher Risk of ALS

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Certain types of seafood may be linked to the disease, early research suggests
Patients addicted to opioids treated in a hospital emergency department do better when they receive medication to reduce opioid cravings

Patients With Opioid Addiction Benefit From Tx Initiated in ER

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Giving drugs to reduce cravings appears to be effective option, researchers find
For high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Furosemide + Matched Hydration Cuts Contrast-Induced AKI

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Findings among high-risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, TAVR
From 2004 to 2012 there was a decrease in postpartum depressive symptoms

Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Fell in 2004 to 2012

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Prevalence highest among new mothers age ≤19, 20 to 24 years; unmarried mothers; postpartum smokers
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

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Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training
For patients with advanced urothelial cancer that has recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy

ASCO: Pembrolizumab Is Good Second-Line Tx in Urothelial CA

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Findings for patients with advanced urothelial CA that recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemo
In two policy statements published online Feb. 20 in Pediatrics

AAP Policy Statement Focuses on Child Witness Well-Being

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Second policy statement develops recommendations for pediatricians relating to expert testimony
For patients with hospitalization for heart failure

Readmission Common After Hospitalization for Heart Failure

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Cardiac causes are most common etiology of readmissions, accounting for nearly half of them