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Investing more in inpatient care relative to longer-term nursing facilities may help reduce mortality rates

Higher Inpatient Spending Tied to Better Outcomes

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While downstream spending at skilled nursing facilities found to be strong predictor of mortality
Healthy adults receiving high-dose vitamin D3 have reduced expression of pro-inflammatory mediators 48 hours after experimental sunburn

After Sunburn, High-Dose Vitamin D Cuts Inflammatory Mediators

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Participants with higher vitamin D3 after treatment had increased arginase-1 expression
White collar workers have a higher risk of death from Parkinson's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

ALS, Parkinson’s Mortality Up for White-Collar Workers

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Occupations associated with higher education and income show increased mortality risk
Boxers and mixed martial arts fighters have higher levels of certain proteins that reflect brain injury compared to retired fighters and non-fighters

Signs of Long-Term Brain Injury in Blood of Boxers, MMA Fighters

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Researchers find head injuries from fighting cause brain changes that might spur troubles later in life
Symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis can be reversed within 10 years after quitting smoking

Sinus Symptoms Improve 10 Years After Quitting Smoking

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Smoking-related sinus pain, swelling, inflammation are reversible, researchers say
In combination with risk factors

Meds + Risk Factors Contribute to QTc Interval Lengthening

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Combined with risk factors, QT prolonging meds tied to greater QTc lengthening than QTPM alone
For early career teachers

Early Career Burnout Can Be Contagious Via Social Networks

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One-unit increase in mean social network members' burnout levels tied to 0.21-unit increase in burnout
For clinically node-negative patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Higher Nodal Yield Tied to Lower Mortality in Oral Cavity Cancer

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>24 nodes linked to longer overall survival in clinically node-negative patients
Changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines in Canada in 2012 correlated with reductions in chlamydia testing and decreases in reported incidence of chlamydia in females

Change to Cervical Screening Guidelines Impacted Chlamydia

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Reduction in chlamydia testing, drop in reported incidence of chlamydia after changes in screening
Resistance training is associated with improvement in oral glucose challenge-stimulated muscle microvascular blood flow and glycemic control

Resistance Training Improves Microvascular Blood Flow in T2DM

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Muscle MBF response to the OGC increased after resistance training, and glycemic control improved