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6.5 Percent of Adults Report Prescription Opioid Analgesic Use

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Percentage using prescription opioid analgesic increased with age; use up for women versus men
Federal health officials are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infection linked to romaine lettuce thought to be grown in Salinas

More Than 100 E. Coli Illnesses Now Linked to Romaine Lettuce

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Twenty-three states have now reported cases, up from 19 last week; no deaths reported so far
Infections linked to injections of black tar heroin have killed seven people in San Diego County in the past two months

Seven Deaths in California From Infections Tied to Black Tar Heroin

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Nine people, aged 19 to 57, have been admitted to area hospitals with myonecrosis bacterial infections
The annual reported measles incidence decreased from 2000 to 2018

Annual Reported Measles Incidence Dropped From 2000 to 2018

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Measles vaccination averted an estimated 23.2 million deaths during 2000 to 2018
Imaging is obtained for about one in three patients with emergency department visits for low back pain

About One in Three in ED for Low Back Pain Receive Imaging

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Imaging use decreased from 34.4 percent in 2011 to 31.9 percent in 2016
Physicians showing depressive symptoms are at higher risk for medical errors

Physician Depressive Symptoms Tied to Higher Risk for Medical Errors

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Bidirectional association seen between depressive symptoms and medical errors
Mobile stroke unit care is associated with quicker time to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke compared with conventional ambulance care in a densely populated urban area

Mobile Stroke Unit Care May Reduce Time to Thrombolysis

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Findings seen in patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke in a densely populated urban area
Adults not living in metropolitan statistical areas are more likely to have reduced access to or use of health care services

Adults Not Living in Metro Areas Have Reduced Access to Care

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In unadjusted analyses, adults not living in MSA more likely to have financial burden linked to care
While affiliating with health systems may boost a rural hospital's financial viability

Services Affected by Rural Hospitals Joining Health Systems

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Reductions seen in imaging, on-site obstetric services, on-site primary care
Low clinical pretest probability and a ᴅ-dimer of less than 1

ᴅ-dimer Test Adjusted to Clinical Probability IDs Low Risk for PE

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Use of this diagnostic strategy results in reduction in use of chest imaging