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Understanding the key drivers underlying medical students' distress can help address the issues and enhance student well-being

AMA: Avoiding Distress in Medical School

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Drivers of distress include unsupportive learning environment, mistreatment, debt
Cigarette smoking continues to decline in about half of American states

CDC: Smoking Rates on Decline in Many States

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But some people are using alternative tobacco products in addition to cigarettes
Three steps that can be implemented by front desk staff can help increase practices' cash flow

Front Desk Staff Has Key Role in Managing Practice Cash Flow

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Tips to implement include verification of insurance status, collection at time of service, ease of payment
Sixty percent of clinicians in practices with 26 or more clinicians report use of one of 10 electronic health record products

Large Practices Focused on Small Selection of EHR Products

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Sixty percent of responses from clinicians in large practices were from users of 10 EHR products
For men with type 1 diabetes

CV Autonomic Neuropathy Predicts Urological Issues

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Increased odds of erectile dysfunction and/or lower urinary tract symptoms in men with T1DM
Support groups that encourage walking exercises at home can improve the mobility of patients with peripheral artery disease

Support Groups for At-Home Walking Benefit PAD Patients

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Patients with peripheral artery disease benefit from organized exercise program
Failure to use prophylactic laxatives in elderly congestive heart failure patients who use laxatives at home is associated with a significantly longer hospital length of stay

Hospital Stays Longer Without Prophylactic Laxatives

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Findings among elderly congestive heart failure patients taking laxatives at home
Older patients taking statins or fibrates saw their risk of stroke over almost a decade decline by about one-third

Statins, Fibrates Linked to 30% Lower Stroke Risk in Elderly

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But no association between statins and lower risk of coronary heart disease in this group

American Society of Hypertension, May 15-19

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The American Society of Hypertension 30th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition The annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension was held from...
The most distinctive causes of death for each U.S. state have been mapped in a report published online May 14 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's  Preventing Chronic Disease.

Most Distinctive Causes of Death Mapped by U.S. State

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Map depicts variety of causes, including 15,000 HIV deaths in Florida, 22 syphilis deaths in Louisiana