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Many patients use medical cannabis without their mainstream health care provider's knowledge

Medical Cannabis Decisions Being Made by Users, Not Doctors

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Substantial portion of medical cannabis users stop taking or self-adjust dosage of pharmaceuticals
The presence of Heberden's nodes in finger joints may also indicate structural damage associated with knee osteoarthritis

Heberden’s Nodes in Fingers Tied to Knee Osteoarthritis

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Significant associations seen between presence of HNs and MRI measures of knee arthritis
Providing information on the benefits of vaccination

Messages for Increasing Parental Confidence in HPV Vaccine ID’d

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Providing information on cancer prevention, avoiding expressing urgency increase parent confidence
The percentage of individuals prescribed an opioid is higher in rural than urban areas

CDC: Opioid Prescribing Higher in Rural Versus Urban Areas

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Odds of receiving an opioid prescription dropped significantly after March 2016 in all county groups
A substantial proportion of patients with newly diagnosed cancer and concurrent hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection are unaware of their viral infection at the time of cancer diagnosis

Many New Cancer Patients Unaware of Their Hepatitis Status

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Large proportion of participants with newly diagnosed cancer learned of infection through study
Guidelines have been developed for the management of severe atopic dermatitis; the recommendations have been published as a clinical management review in the January issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Guidelines Developed for Managing Severe Atopic Dermatitis

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Management is generally in a stepwise manner, including moisturizers and avoiding triggers
For-profit nursing school programs are associated with significantly lower performance on a national nursing licensure exam compared with public and nonprofit programs

For-Profit Nursing Program Grads Perform Worse on Licensure Test

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14-fold increase seen in the number of for-profit nursing program graduates from 2007 to 2016
Primary care providers are well positioned to provide critical support and personalized care for youth with gender dysphoria and their caregivers or families

Review Gives Guidance to Support Teens With Gender Dysphoria

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Primary care providers can oversee potential medical management, connect families with support
Poor glycemic control is associated with an increased risk for fracture in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus but not in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Poor Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Tied to Fracture Risk

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Fracture risk up with T2DM and current use of rosiglitazone, pioglitazone regardless of glycemic control
Whole-exome sequencing can identify a genetic cause for almost one-third of pediatric kidney transplant recipients

Exome Sequencing Beneficial for Pediatric Kidney Recipients

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Whole-exome sequencing-related molecular genetic diagnosis can have implications for clinical care