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Vaccination for influenza for multiple seasons is twice as effective in preventing severe influenza -- compared with non-severe influenza -- in older patients admitted to hospital

Repeated Flu Vaccinations Help Prevent Severe Infection

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Annual vaccination found to lessen flu severity, hospitalizations, and death among the elderly
There is an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease among patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Tied to Higher CVD Risk

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Risk further increased among patients with ITP who undergo splenectomy
Two years of high-intensity exercise training is associated with improved maximal oxygen uptake and reduced cardiac stiffness in previously sedentary healthy middle-aged adults

CV Exercise Betters Cardiac Aging in Sedentary Middle-Aged Adults

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Two years of high-intensity exercise tied to improved maximal oxygen uptake, reduced cardiac stiffness
Pediatric sports- and recreation-related eye injuries are common

Pediatric Sports-, Recreation-Related Eye Injuries Common

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About half of hospitalizations during period studied from non-powder gun-related injuries, mostly in boys
For high school students

2005 to 2015 Saw Fewer High School Students Having Sex

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Significant drop in proportion of high school students who had ever had sexual intercourse nationwide
Hospitals that volunteered to be under financial incentives for more than a decade as part of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration do not have better process scores or lower mortality than hospitals where these incentives were implemented later under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program

For Hospitals, No Benefit for Early Adoption of Financial Incentives

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Hospitals with early adoption do not have better process scores, lower mortality than late adopters
For older adults discharged to home from the emergency department

Scripted Callbacks Do Not Prevent 30-Day Returns of ER Discharges

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No reduction in ER/hospital return rates or death for older adults who receive telephone follow-up
Esketamine seems to be efficacious and safe for patients with treatment-resistant depression

Esketamine Safe, Effective for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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Change in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale score superior for esketamine versus placebo
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CVD Risk Up With β2-Agonist, Antimuscarinic Antagonist Start

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New use of long-acting β2-agonists, antimuscarinic antagonists tied to higher CVD risk in first 30 days
Dasiglucagon is well tolerated and is associated with an early pharmacodynamic response similar to that of GlucaGen for severe hypoglycemia

Dasiglucagon Well Tolerated for Severe Hypoglycemia

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Early pharmacodynamic response similar to that of GlucaGen, with longer lasting effects plasma glucose