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Opioids may be overprescribed to children after orthopedic surgery for supracondylar humerus fractures

After Elbow Surgery, Children May Be Overprescribed Opioids

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Patients who had supracondylar humerus fracture sx used less than 25 percent of prescribed drugs
A shortage of the anti-anxiety drug buspirone in the United States has patients and doctors concerned.

Shortage of Anxiety Drug Creates Alarm Among Patients, Doctors

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Buspirone price has fallen so low that many manufacturers claim they cannot make a profit on it
Three-quarters of students aged 11 to 15 years from government schools in India receiving spectacles wear them at follow-up

Most Students Receiving Spectacles Wear Them at Follow-Up

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Poorer presenting visual acuity and improvement in visual acuity with correction predict spectacle wear
Improving clinic capacity to respond to patients' social needs may reduce primary care physician burnout

Physician Burnout Tied to Ability to Address Social Needs

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Risk for burnout lower in clinics with social worker, pharmacist on care team
Discontinuing tumor necrosis factor inhibitors before gestational week 20 in women with well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis is not associated with disease worsening in late pregnancy

Discontinuing TNFi Before Gestational Week 20 Is Feasible

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No clinically meaningful disease worsening among women with well-controlled RA, juvenile arthritis
Physicians who receive direct pharmaceutical payments for opioid prescribing prescribe more opioids

Direct-to-Doctor Payments May Increase Opioid Prescribing

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Prescribers receiving opioid-specific payments prescribed 8,784 more opioid daily doses per year
More black index patients diagnosed with HIV are interviewed for partner services than all index patients combined

CDC: Most Black HIV Patients Interviewed for Partner Services

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78 percent of partners identified were notified of potential exposure; 47 percent were tested for HIV
For patients with chronic pain

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Also Benefits Chronic Pain

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Compared with control, relative advantages seen for MBSR, cognitive behavioral therapy
A pharmacist-led

Pharmacist-Led Phone Follow-Up May Cut Readmission Rates

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Intervention for polypharmacy patients linked to improved readmission rates, time to readmission
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Longitudinal TNF Levels Mainly Stable With Adalimumab in RA

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Early low TNF strongly associated with formation of antidrug antibodies, may predict nonresponse