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A modified colorectal cancer screening score improves risk prediction of advanced neoplasia

Modified Colorectal CA Screening Score Improves Risk Prediction

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Addition of BMI to Asia Pacific Colorectal Screening score improves risk prediction of neoplasia
Comprehensive audiology care can be provided in a free clinic model

Comprehensive Audiologic Care Feasible in Free Clinic Model

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20 of 34 patients deemed eligible for free program have been or are being fitted with hearing aids
From 2011 to 2015 there was an increase in facial fractures sustained from recreational activity among older adults

Recreational Activity-Linked Facial Fractures Up in Seniors

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From 2011 to 2015, 45.3 percent increase in annual incidence of facial fractures in older adults
Four modifiable factors account for most of the population attributable risk of heart failure among women with new-onset atrial fibrillation

Risk Factors Explain Most Heart Failure Risk in Incident A-Fib

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Four modifiable factors account for most of the population attributable risk of heart failure in women
Eighteen cases of measles were recorded as part of an unusual outbreak in Ontario

Unusual Measles Outbreak Described in Ontario in Early 2015

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All 18 cases were suggested to have derived from a single importation of measles virus genotype D4
For low-income Hispanic patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes

Text Messaging Intervention Can Up Glycemic Control in T2DM

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Greater reduction in HbA1c over time with text messaging intervention for low-income Hispanics
Women who are overweight or obese when they become pregnant face an elevated risk of having a baby with a major birth defect

Birth Defect Risk Rises With Maternal Excess Weight Severity

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Women who are overweight or obese should try to lose weight before getting pregnant, researcher says
Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome have risen dramatically in recent years -- and so has the cost of treating it

Economic Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Up Sharply

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Yearly costs for treating opioid-addicted infants now tops $300 million, researchers say
The American Medical Association is calling for more transparency in drug pricing amid rising costs that are putting some lifesaving medications out of reach for patients and communities.

AMA Endeavors to Increase Transparency of Rx Pricing

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At annual meeting, the physicians' group adopted new policies on drug pricing to protect patients
New research adds to growing evidence that inactivity may be a significant risk factor for cancer

Sedentary Lifestyle May Up Risk of Renal, Bladder Cancers

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73 percent increased risk for bladder cancer, 77 percent increased risk for renal