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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday launched a new ad campaign aimed at curbing rampant e-cigarette use among American teens.

FDA Ad Campaign Hopes to Halt E-Cigarette Use Among Teens

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'The Real Cost' Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign to target at-risk youth
The Senate on Monday passed on a 99-1 vote legislation aimed at curbing the nation's ongoing opioid addiction crisis.

U.S. Senate Passes Opioids Bill

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Comprehensive bipartisan package earmarks billions of dollars to fight opioid abuse in the United States
An active choice intervention is associated with an increase in influenza vaccination rates

Active Choice Intervention Tied to Increase in Flu Shot Rates

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Vaccination rates decrease throughout the day; with intervention, similar increase throughout day
Sexual minorities

Socioeconomic Status Lower Among U.S. Sexual Minorities

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Observation especially true for females, but adjusting for education attenuates many of the disparities
Sport specialization in children and adolescents is associated with an increased risk of overuse musculoskeletal injuries

Sport Specialization Tied to Pediatric Overuse Injury

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Athletes with high specialization at higher risk of injury than those with moderate, low specialization
The risk of incident contrast sensitivity impairment is increased with factors such as cadmium exposure and older age

Incident Contrast Sensitivity Common in Middle-Aged Adults

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Factors linked to elevated risk include cadmium level in highest quintile, older age, more plaque sites
In patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy

Tafamidis Treats Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

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Reduces all-cause mortality, cardiovascular-related hospitalizations compared with placebo
Use of medical scribes is associated with decreased physician documentation burden

Scribes Improve Physician Workflow, Patient Interaction

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Scribes lower EHR documentation burden for doctors and increase time spent interacting with patients
Nearly one in 11 U.S. middle and high school students used cannabis in electronic cigarettes in 2016

Many Middle, High Schoolers Report E-Cigarette Cannabis Use

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Use is higher among males, current users of e-cigarettes or other tobacco products
For patients with primary basal cell carcinoma

Review: Treatments for Primary Basal Cell Carcinoma Compared

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Similarly low recurrence rates for excision, Mohs sx, curettage and diathermy, external-beam radiation