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Abnormal performance on the Romberg test is independently associated with longer duration of symptoms among children and adolescents evaluated within 10 days after concussion

Abnormal Romberg Test Predicts Prolonged Concussion in Children

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Abnormal performance independently associated with longer duration of symptoms for children
Microbial and metabolic features can distinguish children with irritable bowel syndrome from controls

Microbial Features ID’d for Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Microbial and metabolic features can differentiate preadolescent children with IBS from controls
Health care workers are less likely to perform hand hygiene when they move from dirtier to cleaner tasks

Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions

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Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Commonly held sleep myths have a questionable evidence base

Sleep Myths Are Commonly Circulated

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Authors say initiatives to debunk myths, promote healthful sleep practices may benefit public health
Adults in their mid-30s to 40s are drinking too much too often

One in Three U.S. Adults Aged 35 to 44 May Have Drinking Problem

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Nine percent continue to drink despite negative effects on career, education, relationships
The prevalence of mental health or memory loss indicators does not vary by household firearm ownership or storage practices among older adults

About One-Quarter of Seniors Store Firearms Unlocked, Loaded

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No difference seen in prevalence of mental distress, memory loss by household firearm ownership, storage
For older adults with hematologic malignancies

iADL Dependency May Up Mortality in Hematologic Cancers

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Instrumental activities of daily living dependency, mortality linked in seniors with hematologic cancer
A neural network can accurately identify the manufacturer and model group of a cardiac rhythm device from a chest radiograph

AI Can Identify Model of Cardiac Rhythm Device From Chest X-Ray

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Neural network's performance significantly exceeds ability of cardiologists
Rates of hospitalization for stroke have fallen since 1988 for both black and white Medicare enrollees

Stroke Hospitalizations Down in Black, White Medicare Enrollees

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Black men and women have experienced greater improvements in 30-day poststroke mortality
The overall burden of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy is substantially higher than that of oral therapy for caregivers of children on prolonged antimicrobial therapy after hospital discharge

Parenteral Antimicrobial Tx at Home Burdens Children’s Caregivers

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Compared with those who receive oral therapy, caregivers miss more work, have lower QoL scores