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National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Aug. 25-27

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The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo The Total Store Expo of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)...
Talk and interaction during early childhood

Early Talk, Interaction Predicts School-Age Language Outcomes

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Link for word counts between 18, 24 months with language outcomes weaker after controlling for SES
Among Medicare beneficiaries with self-reported vision impairment

Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Use of Low-Vision Devices

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In model adjusted for ocular diagnoses, Hispanic, others less likely to report using low-vision devices
Many outpatient opioid prescriptions have no documented medical indication

Opioids Often Prescribed in the Absence of Pain Diagnosis

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No pain diagnosis recorded at 28.5 percent of visits in which an opioid was prescribed from 2006 to 2015
From 2008 through 2015

Shift Seen From EDs to Urgent Care for Low-Acuity, Acute Care

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Findings based on trends in care for privately insured patients from 2008 to 2015
Medicaid work requirements will only impact a small proportion of persons and may only generate minimal savings

Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Impact Many Enrollees

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Further, cost savings achieved with their implementation would likely be minimal
High adherence to the Mediterranean diet score is tied to lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis in some populations

Mediterranean Diet Tied to Lower Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Association only significant among men and only in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
A single multiorgan donor transmitted breast cancer to four transplant recipients

Case Report Describes 4 Breast Cancer Cases Post Transplant

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Single donor transmitted cancer to four recipients; one survived after transplant nephrectomy
The median data age in clinical trials in journals with a high impact factor is about three years at publication

Data Age in Clinical Trials Is About Three Years at Publication

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Trials funded by government were associated with significantly longer time to publication
A total of 43

Total of 43,371 New Cases of HPV-Associated Cancers in 2015

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Decreases in cervical cancer, vaginal SCC from 1999 to 2015; increases in oropharyngeal, anal, vulvar SCC