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Congenital heart disease is associated with increased risk of dementia in adults

Premature Dementia Risk May Be Up in Survivors of Heart Defects

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Increased risk of dementia compared with general population, especially for early-onset dementia
Open-label placebo may reduce fatigue in cancer survivors

Open-Label Placebo May Reduce Fatigue in Cancer Survivors

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Reductions seen in fatigue symptom severity and fatigue-related quality of life disruption
Electronic health records are not sufficient to ensure success in value-based care

EHRs Not Sufficient to Ensure Success in Value-Based Care

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EHRs do not necessarily capture information needed; interoperability is poor, analytics are incomplete
Health care consumers have four major concerns regarding their physicians

Top Consumer Concerns Reported About Physicians

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Concerns relate to time with physicians; technology detracting from patient care; rising costs
Positive age beliefs may protect against dementia

Positive Age Beliefs May Protect Seniors Against Dementia

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In APOE ε4 carriers, those with positive age beliefs were less likely to develop dementia
Women have more activity limitations and worse health-related quality of life after stroke

Updated Review Confirms Worse Stroke Outcomes for Women

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More activity limitations and worse health-related quality of life based on studies from 2007 onward
Most people do not believe that professionals including health care providers should be allowed to refuse to provide services based on their conscience or beliefs

Poll: Personal Beliefs Shouldn’t Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat

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Majority surveyed don't believe health care workers should be able to refuse services based on beliefs
Low serum sodium is associated with cognitive impairment and cognitive decline among community-dwelling older men

Low Serum Sodium Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Men

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126 to 140 mmol/L linked to increased odds of prevalent cognitive impairment, decline in older men
A long-feared shortage of a substance used in millions of medical imaging procedures each year in the United States appears to have been avoided

FDA Says U.S. Will Now Produce Critical MRI Component

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New technology approved to produce the country's own supply of the radioisotope Technetium-99m
The amount of U.S. health care resources devoted to treating obesity-related illness in U.S. adults rose 29 percent from 2001 to 2015

Expenditures Rising for Treating Obesity-Related Illness in U.S.

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Proportion of medical expenditures for obesity-related illness varies widely by state