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Among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder

Terrorist Attack Victims With PTSD Have Higher Cancer Risk

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Women with PTSD have higher risk for cancer than men, are more protected from circulatory issues
Couples interventions have beneficial effects for partners of individuals with type 2 diabetes

Couples Intervention May Aid Partners of Diabetes Patients

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Benefits include less disease-related distress, higher marital satisfaction
The Women's Health Initiative recommendations for menopausal hormone therapy use issued in 2002 have been widely adopted

Menopausal Hormone Tx Use Down Post-WHI Recommendations

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But large declines seen in subgroups for whom MHT is recommended, including younger women
Women with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased risk for new-onset psychiatric diagnosis in the postpartum period

Postpartum New-Onset Mental Illness Risk Up With IBD

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Increased risk for new-onset, postpartum mental illness observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with lower atrial voltage and conduction slowing in patients with atrial fibrillation

Moderate Drinking Linked to Electroanatomic Changes in A-Fib

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Moderate drinkers had lower mean global bipolar voltages, slower conduction velocity vs. nondrinkers
There is a high prevalence of parental unawareness and adolescent denial of suicidal thoughts

Lack of Parent-Teen Agreement About Teen Suicidal Thoughts

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Half of parents unaware of teens' thoughts of suicide; 48 percent of teens denied these thoughts
The median overall survival from diagnosis for patients with stage IV anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer is 6.8 years

Median Survival for Stage 4 ALK-Positive NSCLC Nearly 7 Years

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Most patients in study received crizotinib; prognosis worse when more organs have tumors at diagnosis
The flu season is picking up steam

CDC: Flu Cases Hit 7 Million in the United States

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Half of this number went to a doctor, while 69,000 to 84,000 people have been hospitalized
From 1999 to 2017

Drug Overdose Death Rate Increasing Among Middle-Aged Women

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1999 to 2017 saw increases in deaths involving antidepressants, cocaine, heroin, synthetic opioids
About half of adolescent and young adult patients report having had private time with a health care provider (HCP) and having spoken to an HCP about confidentiality

About Half of Young Patients Have Had Private Time With Doctors

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Adolescents, young adults who have had private time report more positive attitudes to providers