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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of numerous liquid pharmaceutical products because of possible bacterial contamination that could cause severe infections in vulnerable patients.

FDA: Potential Contamination in Some Liquid Pharma Products

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Concerns over possible bacterial contamination that could cause severe infections in vulnerable patients
A sense of coherence is associated with cancer patients' acceptance of their illness

Perceived Social Support Lower for Cancer Caregivers Vs Patients

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Greater support for caregivers may substantially strengthen the sense of coherence
Neural network-based automated analyses of nocturnal oximetry recordings provide accurate identification of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome severity among habitually snoring children

Automated Analyses of Night Blood O2 Detects Apnea

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Findings for detection of sleep apnea among habitually snoring children
For pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes

Falling Insulin Requirement Linked to Placental Dysfunction

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FIR ≥15 percent linked to increased risk of composite of clinical markers of placental dysfunction
A typical emergency department sees few cases of sepsis among adolescents

Emergency Departments See Few Cases of Sepsis in Adolescents

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Every 100 years, each of 12 emergency departments would treat 2.8 fatal sepsis cases
From 2007 to 2014 there was a decrease in the proportion of patients needing dialysis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

’07 to ’14 Saw Drop in Proportion Needing Dialysis After TAVI

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Need for new dialysis after TAVI linked to increased risk of mortality at 30-days and four years
Antidepressant use is common among U.S. individuals aged 12 years and older

Antidepressants Used by 12.7 Percent of Those Age ≥12 in U.S.

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Use is higher among females than males; long-term use for one-fourth of those taking antidepressants
The geriatric trauma outcome score II prognostic calculator can estimate the probability of unfavorable discharge in injured elders

Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score Estimates Unfavorable Discharge

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GTOS II estimates the probability of unfavorable discharge in injured elders with moderate accuracy
Physicians consider the majority of ambulatory patients with advanced heart failure on medical therapy to be at high risk for transplant

Risk Assessment Differs for Doctors, Heart Failure Patients

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Doctors consider most patients with advanced heart failure to be at high risk for transplant, LVAD, death
The frequency and degree of pubic hair grooming is associated with the risk of grooming-related injury and high-frequency injury

Frequency, Degree of Pubic Hair Grooming Linked to Injury Risk

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Men and women who removed all their pubic hair 11 times during their life had increased risk for injury