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Fifty-three medical professionals

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

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Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
The number of cervical precancers in the United States declined from 2008 to 2016

CDC: Recent Decline Seen in High-Grade Cervical Lesions

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Vast majority of cervical precancer cases attributable to HPV types targeted by 9-valent HPV vaccine
Intervention uptake was insufficient to allow evaluation of its impact in a pragmatic trial designed to assess the effect of longer hemodialysis duration on death and other outcomes; the findings from the Time to Reduce Mortality in ESRD trial were published online April 18 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Trial Results Unclear for Benefit of Longer Hemodialysis Sessions

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Intervention uptake not sufficient to assess impact of longer hemodialysis sessions on patient outcomes
Anti-inflammatory add-on treatment is beneficial for patients with major depressive disorder or depressive symptoms

Anti-Inflammatory Add-On May Be Beneficial for Depression

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Anti-inflammatory agents improve depressive symptoms versus placebo as add-on in MDD
Internal medicine residents spend most of their time participating in indirect patient care

Interns Spend Most of Their Time in Indirect Patient Care

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Within a 24-hour period, interns spend a mean of 3.0 hours in direct patient care and 1.8 hours in education
Children with chronic constipation have underlying sensory characteristics that contribute to toileting behavioral difficulties

Sensory Sensitivity Tied to Constipation in Young Children

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Feeding problems due to sensory sensitivities common in children with constipation
In older adults

Stimulation of Targets in Brain May Up Recollection in Seniors

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Effects of stimulation were greater on fMRI recollection signals versus recognition signals
Universal ultrasound at 36 gestational weeks could virtually eliminate undiagnosed breech presentation in nulliparous women

Late-Pregnancy US Could Prevent Undiagnosed Breech Presentation

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Universal ultrasound at 36 weeks in nulliparous women would ID thousands of undetected cases
For certain procedures

Surgical Site Infection Rates May Differ by Gender

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SSI rates differ by gender for certain procedures, including increased risk for women after heart surgery
For patients with a distal single finger or three or more digits amputated

Digital Replantation Seems Better Than Revision Amputation

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Replantation recommended when three or more digits amputated, for distal single-finger amputation