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Facebook Program Doesn’t Up Smoking Abstinence at One Year
But, intervention engaged young adults, increased abstinence at end of three-month treatment
High-Risk Anticholinergics Prescribed to 6 Percent of Elderly
Correlates of receiving prescription include female sex, specific physician specialty, geographic region
Inflammatory Back Pain Resolves in Many Patients
Progression to SpA in 30 percent of patients; uveitis, male sex, family history predict progression
In 2016, Proportion of Uninsured Americans Down to 10 Percent
Larger reductions in uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states, from 15.3 to 7.6 percent
AAP Report Addresses Managing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Recommendations developed to support pediatric providers in managing patients with FASD diagnosis
Physician-Group ACOs Generate Medicare Savings
Savings grow with longer participation and are significantly higher than hospital-integrated ACOs
Components of Pharmacist-Led Discharge Counseling Vary
Use of a dosage schedule, teach-back technique more commonly reported in studies outside the U.S.
Gender Nonconformity Linked to Students’ Mental Distress
For male students, gender nonconformity strongly associated with substance use
Participation Up With Online Diabetes Prevention Program
But weight loss no different for online, in-person DPP for obese/overweight veterans with prediabetes
Net Benefit of Anticoagulants for A-Fib Varies With Stroke Rate
Benefit of warfarin anticoagulation varies with varying published stroke rates
