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Plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels are significantly lower for black than white individuals

NTproBNP Levels Are Significantly Lower in Blacks

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Higher NTproBNP levels linked to increased risk of death; this association did not differ by race
More than three-quarters of residents living in states where optometrists have been granted expanded scope of practice live within an estimated travel time of 30 minutes to the nearest ophthalmologist office

Data May Weigh on Pros/Cons of Expanded Care Optometry

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Majority of residents in Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Mexico live within 30 minutes of ophthalmologist
Many patients with self-reported hearing loss do not receive medical evaluation and recommended treatments

Gaps Seen Between Hearing Loss, Receipt of Medical Evaluation, Tx

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About 20.6 percent of those with hearing less than excellent/good had visited doctor for hearing issues
Raw flour can be a source of outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections

Raw Flour Can Be Source of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli

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On trace-back investigation, flour production facility ID'd as common point of contamination
Spouses of female physicians are on average more educated and work more hours outside the home than spouses of male physicians

Female Physicians’ Spouses More Likely to Work

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May explain need for female physicians to make more personal and professional adjustments
Individuals who may have consumed contaminated raw milk and milk products from the Udder Milk company are urged to seek medical care

CDC Issues Warning on Contaminated Raw Milk

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Case of New Jersey woman becoming ill after drinking raw milk from Udder Milk company
Cerebral morphometric alterations can discriminate between children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and controls

Cerebral Morphometric Changes Discriminate ADHD, Controls

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Alterations discern ADHD-I, ADHD-C, with discriminating features located in DMN, insular cortex
Individuals born between 1947 and 1964 have a significantly increased risk of prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death

Baby Boomers Have Increased Risk of Rx Opioid Overdose Death

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In addition, those born from 1947 to 1964 and 1979 to 1992 have increased risk of heroin overdose death
Implementation of a guideline can reduce nonindicated use of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists among newborns

Guidelines Can Cut Nonindicated Acid-Suppressing Rx in Infants

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Decrease in nonindicated prescription of PPIs/H2RAs in young infants from mean of 7.5 to zero per month
Immediate access to opioid agonist treatment for patients presenting with opioid use disorder may provide greater health benefits at less cost than observed standard of care

Immediate Access to Opioid Agonists Found Cost-Effective

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Findings among patients with opioid use disorder in publicly-funded treatment facilities