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Mobile alcohol interventions may help liver transplant candidates with alcoholic liver disease maintain sobriety

Text Message-Based Intervention Helps With Sobriety Maintenance

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Findings among liver transplant candidates with alcoholic liver disease
Level of backrest elevation is not associated with changes in tissue integrity among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation

Backrest Elevation Has No Effect on Sacral Tissue Integrity

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Findings among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Many factors

Vascular Risk Factors Tied to Increased Incontinence Risk

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Previous stroke or TIA, increased BMI are among risk factors for urgency urinary incontinence

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, March 2-5

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The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting/World Allergy Congress The annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma...
For patients with cardiac disease

Pharmacists Play Key Roles in Cardiac Disease Management

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Pharmacists have role as part of health care team, as patients transition to discharge, in community
Current tobacco smoke exposure is not associated with airflow obstruction among school-aged children

Current Tobacco Smoke Exposure Doesn’t Obstruct Peds Airflow

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However, prenatal smoking is associated with airflow obstruction among children with asthma
From 2005 to 2015

2005 to 2015 Saw Drop in Living Kidney Donation Among Men

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Incidence of donation stable in women but decreased among men; income tied to changes in donation
Changes in weight influence the risk of diabetes

Progression of Obesity Influences Risk of Diabetes Over Life Course

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If population had maintained normal BMI in 10-year study, 64.2 percent of cases would have been averted
A patient-reported outcome tool has been developed and validated to predict response after lumbar spine surgery

Patient-Reported Outcome Tool Developed for Lumbar Spine Sx

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Models had good predicted performance in validation cohort, with concordance statistic of 0.66 to 0.79
Maternal use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in addition to administration of hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine to infants born to hepatitis B e antigen-positive pregnant women does not further lower the rate of hepatitis B virus transmission

Maternal Use of TDF Doesn’t Further Reduce HBV Transmission

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Findings in setting with low HBV transmission with administration of hepatitis B immune globulin, vaccine