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Cervical cancer screening rates are only about 70 percent among women ages 45 to 65 years

Cervical Cancer Screening Remains Low in Women Ages 45 to 65 Years

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Screening rates are insufficient to reduce cervical cancer incidence
Performing vigorous physical activity once or twice a week compared with sedentary behavior or light physical activity may improve long-term cardiac health in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Vigorous Activity Weekly May Improve Outcomes in Stable CAD

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Vigorous activity once, twice weekly may lower cardiac risk in stable coronary artery disease
There are associations between rheumatoid arthritis and multiple comorbidities before and after diagnosis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Comorbidities Before, After Diagnosis

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Increased odds of inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, VTE seen before RA diagnosis versus controls
Receiving care at a multidisciplinary clinic facilitates adherence to evidence-based national treatment guidelines for prostate cancer

More Appropriate Prostate Cancer Tx Seen at Multidisciplinary Clinic

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Patients with low-risk disease more likely to receive nondefinitive therapy at MultiD clinic versus SEER
In an article published in the Nov. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Vaping-Linked Lung Illness

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CDC will no longer monitor nonhospitalized patients due to similarities with hospitalized cases
Two-thirds of parents acknowledge there are barriers to recognizing depression in their own adolescent child

Poll: Parents Cite Barriers to Recognizing Depression in Adolescents

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Parents report that one in four teens knows a peer with depression
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CDC: 63.5 Percent of 3- to 5-Year-Olds Have Had Vision Tested

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Hispanic children less likely to have had vision tested, as are children with public coverage, uninsured
Taking certain antidepressants while pregnant can increase the risk for developing gestational diabetes

Prenatal Antidepressant Use May Up Risk for Gestational Diabetes

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Venlafaxine, amitriptyline use during pregnancy associated with increased risk for gestational diabetes
Most cases of infection-related stillbirth may be due to bacterial pathogens

Infection Likely Cause of One in Eight Stillbirths

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E. coli, group B streptococcus, and enterococcus species most common bacterial pathogens
Prescription opioid use among teens and young adults is higher than expected

~25 Percent of Adolescents, Young Adults Use Rx Opioids

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Focus of prevention should include close friends and family members of teens and young adults