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The prices hospitals charge patients for a number of common procedures rose more than 10 percent between 2011 and 2013

CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up

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And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
Nearly 30 percent of Americans have a problem with alcohol at some point in their lives

Nearly 3 in 10 Americans Have Alcohol Use Disorder

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Fewer than 20 percent get help
Mortality rates among five-year childhood cancer survivors 15 years after diagnosis have been halved since the 1970s -- falling from 12.4 to 6 percent

ASCO: Longevity Improving for Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Fewer die of 'late effects' from radiation, chemotherapy
Youth prescribed antipsychotic medication should be monitored for exaggerated weight gain

Review: Monitor Weight for Youth on Antipsychotics

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SSRIs and SNRIs may improve weight status in short term, but not long term
Nearly one-fifth of teens and younger adults in the United States have been tested recently for HIV

CDC: 1 in 5 U.S. Teens, Younger Adults Tested Recently for HIV

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Testing rates of those ages 15 to 44: 22 percent for females and 16 percent for males
Infants born to mothers taking antidepressants in late pregnancy may be slightly more likely to develop persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Risk to Infant From SSRI Use in Late Pregnancy Deemed Small

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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn risk similar to women with untreated depression
Issues related to rheumatoid arthritis

RA-Related Issues Impede Smoking Cessation

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Smoking used as distraction from pain, coping mechanism for frustration of living with RA
Overall

Revisits for 8.3 Percent of Patients With Index ER Visit

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About one-third of revisits occur at different institutions; revisit rates highest for skin infection
The transition to the expanded International Classification of Diseases

ICD-10-CM Challenges ID’d for Emergency Medicine Physicians

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Twenty-three percent of convoluted codes were found to be clinically incorrect
For premenopausal women and those using hormone replacement therapy

Inverse Link for Coffee Intake, Cholecystectomy Risk

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Association for premenopausal women, those using HRT but not for other women or for men