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Group prenatal care is associated with excess gestational weight gain among normal-weight and overweight women

Excess Gestational Weight Gain Up With Group Prenatal Care

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Increased odds of excessive weight gain for normal-weight, overweight women, even after adjustment
Two additional quick-reference tools

ATA Guidelines Available As Pocket Cards, Mobile Apps

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New resources add to library of guideline summaries

Society of Interventional Radiology, March 4-9

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The Society of Interventional Radiology's 40th Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology was held from March 4 to...
Unhealthy diets may have contributed to as many as 400

Poor Diet Blamed for 400,000 U.S. Cardiovascular Deaths in 2015

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Adding healthy foods such as nuts, seeds, vegetables, whole grains might help
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors appear to reduce a man's risk of death or heart failure after a first myocardial infarction

ACC: Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May Benefit Men’s Hearts

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Men taking PDE5 inhibitors have reduced risk of death within three years of first MI
Zika may have detrimental effects on the heart in some patients infected with the virus

ACC: Zika Linked to Negative Cardiovascular Effects in Adults

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Eight Venezuelan patients developed arrhythmias, heart failure after infection
Cannabis use may raise an adult's risk of stroke and heart failure

ACC: Cannabis Tied to Higher Odds for Stroke, Heart Failure

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Cannabis associated with 26 percent increased risk of stroke, 10 percent increased risk of heart failure
A quality improvement project can increase jet injection of lidocaine use with intravenous placements in the emergency department

QI Project Ups Jet Injection of Lidocaine in IV Placements

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Over seven months, increase in JIL use with IV placement to 54 percent in emergency department
Patients with thyroid cancer who decide not to intervene experience anxiety

Patients With Thyroid CA Who Choose No Rx Report Isolation

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Participants report decision not to intervene is often met with non-reassuring, unsupportive response
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia develops in some patients after babesiosis

Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia ID’d After Babesiosis

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WAHA developed in six patients at two to four weeks after babesiosis diagnosis; all six patients asplenic