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Having a pharmacist in the emergency department significantly shortens the time to administration of treatment to reverse anticoagulation in patients with life-threatening bleeds or the need for urgent procedures

Pharmacist in ED Cuts Time to Tx to Reverse Anticoagulation

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Time to 4F-PCC shorter for patients who have life-threatening bleeding, need urgent procedures
Migraines are a significant risk factor for Alzheimer disease and all-cause dementia

Migraines Linked to Higher Risk for Dementia, Alzheimer Disease

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However, no link seen between migraines and vascular dementia
Four modifiable risk factors -- body mass index

Four Modifiable Risk Factors Tied to Hyperuricemia

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Public health efforts to promote healthy diet and prevent obesity might cut gout cases, authors say
In a large university population

Diabetes Distress Common at Large Midwestern University

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Findings based on survey of university-affiliated students, staff with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes
Using his executive powers

New York State Institutes Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

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Stores have two weeks to clear their shelves of the products
Users of mint- and menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are exposed to pulegone levels higher than what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers acceptable for intake of synthetic pulegone in food

Pulegone Levels in Mint, Menthol E-Cigarettes May Be Unsafe

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Exposure levels higher than those found in combustible menthol cigarettes
In women with mixed urinary incontinence

Physical Therapy and Surgery Reduce Mixed Urinary Incontinence Symptoms

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However, reduction in symptoms from addition of physical therapy may not be clinically important
Teens who misuse prescription or illicit opioids might benefit from the opioid treatment medications methadone

Pharmaceutical Treatments for Opioid Abuse May Benefit Teens

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However, evidence is limited on efficacy, safety of medications for opioid use disorder in teens
Assessment of dementia risk using three common screening tools at baseline predicts incident dementia over the course of about seven years

Stepwise Approach Effective for Primary Care Dementia Screening

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Stepwise screening starts with single question on subjective memory loss
A 40-year-old California man is the seventh person to die from a severe respiratory illness brought on by using electronic cigarettes.

Vaping-Linked Lung Illness Claims Seventh Victim

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According to CDC, 380 people in 36 states have come down with the vaping-related sickness