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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest tracking suggests that although gonorrhea resistance to the antibiotic treatment cefixime declined between 2011 and 2013

CDC: Gonorrhea Showing More Resistance to Cefixime

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Other effective treatments remain available, but finding is cause for concern
More Americans than ever are taking prescription drugs

Prescription Medication Use on the Rise in the United States

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Many adults take five or more medications, often for preventable ills
Pertussis may be tied to a slightly increased risk of development of epilepsy in children

Pertussis in Childhood Tied to Small Increase in Epilepsy Risk

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But chances of any one child developing epilepsy remain low
The first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children have been published online Nov. 3 in Circulation.

Guidelines Issued for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

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New guidelines address classifying the different types of disease, approved treatment methods
Panel management

AMA: 6 Steps to Help Ensure Patients Get Preventive Care

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Panel management helps physicians provide preventive and chronic care to all patients
Financial and other factors should be considered before physicians change career direction

Doctors Should Consider Financial Factors Before Career Change

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Issues to consider include cost of career change, ability to use Internet to monetize skills
Low-fat diets are no more effective than other types of diets for long-term weight loss

Adherence, Not Diet Type, Predicts Long-Term Weight Loss

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Low-fat diets no more effective than higher-fat diets, researchers say
Women who experience a big increase in hours of sleep each night may face an increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Sleep Patterns May Affect a Woman’s Diabetes Risk

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Researchers say adding two or more hours of sleep each night might be a warning sign
Women with high levels of abdominal fat in their first trimester are at increased risk for diabetes later in pregnancy

GDM Risk Higher With More Abdominal Fat in First Trimester

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Higher levels of fat equal higher risk of developing diabetes at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy
Online cognitive behavioral therapy can help with anxiety

Online Cognitive Therapy May Benefit Some Patients

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But remote counseling is not suited to people with severe mental illness, researchers say