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For overweight

Weight Loss of 10% Beneficial in Overweight, Not Obese, With DM

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Five-year follow-up shows reduction in glucose-lowering medications, lower HbA1c, improved QoL
For older adults with subthreshold depression

Collaborative Care Cuts Depressive Symptoms in Seniors

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Among older adults with subthreshold depression, collaborative care linked to decrease in PHQ-9 scores
Up to one-third of antidepressants are prescribed for pain

Off-Label Antidepressant Use Common, but Evidence Lacking

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Trazodone for insomnia most common off-label use for antidepressants
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

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44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears has steadily increased among 6- to 18-year-olds in the United States

Pediatric ACL Injuries Continue to Rise, Especially Among Girls

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Annual increase in the incidence of ACL tears of 2.3 percent over 20 years
Consumption of mercury-laden seafood is associated with risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AAN: Mercury in Seafood May Be Tied to Higher Risk of ALS

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Certain types of seafood may be linked to the disease, early research suggests
Successful weight maintenance may be more likely with a series of post-diet coaching sessions conducted mostly by phone

Maintenance Intervention Improves Long-Term Weight Loss

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Coaching sessions seem to help patients keep from regaining the weight
Nearly one-quarter of enrollees in a U.S. managed care network who visit the emergency department for an ocular condition have a nonurgent condition

One in Four Ocular ER Visits for Nonurgent Conditions

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Risk of visiting ER for nonurgent ocular conditions down for those with established eye care provider
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
For breast cancer survivors

Exercise Most Important Lifestyle Change for Breast CA Survivors

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Those who exercised were about 40 percent less likely to die from disease, review suggests