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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
New Risk Factors Identified for Varicose Vein Disease
Mendelian randomization analysis provides evidence that increased height causally tied to varicose veins
Interpreter Services Critical for Emergency Care
Authors recommend professional interpreter when practical if patient has limited English proficiency
Actigraphy May Overestimate Sleep in ICU Setting
Wide ranges of sleep quality and quantity with use of actigraphy among critically ill patients in ICU
Mortality for Unintentional Drug Poisonings Up Since 1979
Trajectory of overall mortality rate smooth; no exponential trajectories in rates for individual drugs
Most Breast Cancer Diagnoses Given Over the Phone
This represents a reversal, with in-person diagnoses more common before 2006
Patients Report Poorer Dialysis Service in Certain Settings
For-profit, free-standing facilities, large-chain facilities tied to lower patient scores
