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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends risk-reducing medications for women at high risk for breast cancer who are at low risk for adverse events

USPSTF Recommends Risk-Reducing Meds for Breast Cancer

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Risk-reducing medications recommended for women at high risk, not for routine use
Routine inspections of riskier foods will resume as early as today

FDA to Resume Inspections of Riskier Foods

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Agency is bringing back about 150 unpaid employees for the inspections of riskier foods
There have been 600 confirmed cases of Ebola and 347 confirmed deaths since early August in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Ebola Outbreak Now Second Worst in History

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The worst Ebola outbreak occurred in West Africa in 2014 to 2016
The Women's Health Initiative recommendations for menopausal hormone therapy use issued in 2002 have been widely adopted

Menopausal Hormone Tx Use Down Post-WHI Recommendations

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But large declines seen in subgroups for whom MHT is recommended, including younger women
Eighteen percent of patients with back pain experience a persistent trajectory

One in Five Back Pain Patients Experience Persistent Pain

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Significant differences seen in patterns of medication, health care use across back pain trajectories
The introduction of emergency department- or community-based pharmacists with an expanded scope of practice may cut emergency department overcrowding

Expanding Pharmacist Practice Scope Could Reduce ED Overcrowding

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Benefits could be seen for frequent complaints like cough, dermatitis, and inflammation of ear, nose, throat
Postmenopausal women with persistent vasomotor symptoms have an increased incidence of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Incidence Up With Persistent Vasomotor Symptoms

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But persistent vasomotor symptoms not associated with decreased breast cancer survival
Sleep duration less than six hours and fragmented sleep are associated with atherosclerosis

Short Sleep Duration Linked to Higher Atherosclerotic Burden

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Fragmented sleep linked to higher prevalence of multiple affected noncoronary territiories
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration national helpline (800-662-HELP) seems to be underappreciated in the media and by the general population

800-662-HELP Underappreciated in Media, General Population

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Searches for SAMHSA hotline did not increase after singer Demi Lovato's heroin-related overdose
An American doctor who was monitored for 21 days after possible Ebola exposure did not develop the deadly disease and has been released from the Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha

U.S. Doctor Released From Omaha Hospital After Ebola Monitoring

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Patient completed required 21-day monitoring period and did not develop any symptoms