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Fifty-three medical professionals

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

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Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
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

American College of Physicians, April 11-13

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The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from April...
Standardizing demographic data can improve the accuracy of patient matching

Standardizing Demographics Ups Accuracy of Patient Matching

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Standardization of address and last name improved sensitivity from 81.3 to 91.6 percent
An estimated 4.0 million new pediatric asthma cases could be attributed to ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution annually

Four Million New Peds Asthma Cases Attributed to NO2 Annually

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Burden of new pediatric asthma cases accounts for 13 percent of global incidence
For physician mothers in procedural specialties

Domestic Responsibilities Tied to Physician Mothers’ Satisfaction

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Being responsible for at least five tasks linked to desire to change career for moms in procedural specialties
Very early onset and late onset of spring are associated with increased odds of hay fever

Odds of Hay Fever Up With Very Early, Late Spring Onset

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Odds of hay fever increased for start of season more than three weeks before or after normal onset
More than 73 percent of U.S. allergists report prescribing sublingual immunotherapy

Almost Three-Quarters of Allergists Have Prescribed SLIT

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Main barrier to sublingual immunotherapy is limitation of treating only one allergen
On average

Over-the-Counter Meds Save Health Care System Money

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OTC medicines lead to $146 billion in annual clinical and drug cost savings
Sex hormones may impact the risk for asthma

Sex Hormone Levels May Impact Development of Asthma

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Genetic evidence shows elevated SHBG levels may protect against asthma, mostly in females