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Guidance Issued for Systems of Care for Stroke Patients
Recommendations support educational initiatives to increase awareness, need to seek emergency care
Access to Care Worse for Sexual-Minority Cancer Survivors
Sexual-minority women with access deficits have increased odds of poor physical, mental quality of life
3 Percent of Infant Sleep-Related Deaths Occur in Sitting Devices
Less than 10 percent of deaths occur in properly used car seats during travel
Cancer Screening Less Likely Among Current Smokers
Findings based on guideline-based screening for breast, prostate, colorectal cancer
DDW: Ingested Button Battery Can Cause Gastric Injury
Eighty-six percent of pediatric patients with BB ingestion had visual evidence of mucosal damage
Millennial Parents Found More Likely to Drive Distracted
Parents born between 1981 and 1996 more likely to read text messages while driving with children in the car
Hormone Therapy in Transgender Women Ups Breast Cancer Risk
Transgender people on hormones, cisgender people should follow same breast cancer screening guidelines
One-Third of Patients on Statins Do Not Reach Target Thresholds
Not reaching thresholds places patients at increased risk for cardiovascular events
Medicaid Expansion Cuts Racial Disparities in Preterm Births
Overall rates of low birth weight unchanged, but reduction seen in disparities for black infants
CDC: Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Backyard Poultry
52 people sickened and five people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported
