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For patients in septic shock

Thiamine May Reduce Progression to Renal Replacement Therapy

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Findings for patients in septic shock
A nursing discharge plan is effective for promoting therapeutic adherence for patients discharged from the psychiatric intensive care unit

Nursing Discharge Plan Promotes Therapeutic Adherence

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Psychiatric patients who received more information about their health status had higher adherence
From 2001 to 2013

Concurrent Benzodiazepine, Opioid Use Up Significantly

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Providers urged to exercise caution in prescribing opioids for patients already using benzodiazepines
Overweight young adults may have a significantly increased risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma if they become obese later in life

Esophageal Cancer Risk Rises Alongside Weight

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Research also shows association with increased odds for gastric cardia adenocarcinoma
Men are more likely than women to die after an osteoporosis-related fracture

AAOS: Osteoporosis Fractures More Often Fatal for Men

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Mortality rate 18.7 percent for men, 13.9 percent for women year after fracture
Nearly 40 percent of reproductive-age women in the United States have little or no access to infertility clinics

Access to Fertility Clinics Limited for Many U.S. Women

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Among those of childbearing age, 29 percent had no clinic, while another 11 percent had only one
Women seem to be underrepresented among academic grand rounds speakers

Women Underrepresented Among Grand Rounds Speakers

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Women presented a median of 28.3 percent of the total sessions
More than half of older American women with early breast cancer may get more radiation treatment than needed

Significant Cost Savings for Evidence-Based Radiation Tx

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Shorter course less expensive, equally effective in certain patients, researchers say
The first objective

Blood Test Promising for ID of Early Depression, Schizophrenia

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NMDA receptor signaling increased in patients with depression, reduced in those with schizophrenia
Life expectancy has increased for patients with cystic fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Patients in Canada Live Longer Than Those in U.S.

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Canadians with cystic fibrosis live about 10 years longer on average, researchers say