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For adults with autism spectrum disorder

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Beneficial for Adults With Autism

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Participants treated with CET were significantly more likely to gain competitive employment
Open-label placebo may reduce fatigue in cancer survivors

Open-Label Placebo May Reduce Fatigue in Cancer Survivors

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Reductions seen in fatigue symptom severity and fatigue-related quality of life disruption
Among U.S. adults with diabetes

Mortality Up in Diabetes With Low eGFR, No Albuminuria

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Mortality rates increasing among those with albumin-to-creatinine ratio <30 mg/g and low eGFR
Congenital heart disease is associated with increased risk of dementia in adults

Premature Dementia Risk May Be Up in Survivors of Heart Defects

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Increased risk of dementia compared with general population, especially for early-onset dementia
From 1999 to 2015 there was a small reduction in the rate of sudden unexpected infant death

Cause of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Shifts in the U.S.

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Decrease in SIDS, but spike in suffocation, strangulation; minimal decrease in overall rate
Laypersons' ability to identify facial paralysis increases with the severity of the condition

Ability to ID Face Paralysis in Others Increases With Severity

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Observers more accurate in identifying paralysis in a smiling face, but not in ability to localize paralysis
For infants born at a gestational age of less than 28 weeks

Low Postnatal Levels of Arachidonic Acid Linked to ROP

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Evaluating arachidonic acid and gestational age identifies ROP with a sensitivity >90 percent
Almost half of clinical trials for prostate cancer use criteria that disproportionately exclude black men

Criteria for Prostate Cancer Trials Disproportionately Exclude Blacks

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Trials sponsored by academic investigators, cooperative groups more likely to use these criteria
Opioid prescribing among dermatologists is limited

Limited Opioid Prescribing Among Dermatologists

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Overall, 93.9 percent of the top 1 percent of opioid prescribers worked in a surgical practice
A quality improvement intervention can reduce inefficiencies in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Quality Improvement Efforts May Improve Cath Lab Efficiencies

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Positive outcomes include improved start times, turn-around times, and days at full utilization