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Postmenopausal women with weight loss have a reduced risk for breast cancer

Weight Loss May Cut Breast CA Risk in Postmenopausal Women

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Postmenopausal women with weight loss have lower breast cancer risk than those with stable weight
Receiving prescriptions from both the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare Part D is associated with increased risk for overlapping of opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions

Risk of Opioid-Benzodiazepine Overlap Up for Dual Prescribing

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Increased risk for overlap, high-dose overlap for those with dual use of VA and Medicare drug benefits
The first hearing aid that does not require the assistance of an audiologist or other health care provider has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Marketing of First User-Fitted Hearing Aid

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Bose Hearing Aid is user-fitted device for people 18 and older with mild-to-moderate hearing loss
Lorcaserin reduces the risk for diabetes in obese or overweight patients with prediabetes or without diabetes and reduces hemoglobin A1c among those with diabetes

Lorcaserin Beneficial for Diabetes in Overweight, Obese

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Lorcaserin reduces risk for diabetes for those with prediabetes, without diabetes; reduces HbA1c
U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus vaccine has been expanded to include people ages 27 through 45

FDA Approves HPV Vaccine for People Through Age 45

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Updated vaccine designed to prevent cancers and disease caused by nine HPV types
An outbreak of flea-borne typhus in Los Angeles County has so far resulted in 57 cases

Flea-Borne Typhus Outbreak in Los Angeles County

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Typhus fever can cause serious complications requiring lengthy hospitalization
For patients with type 2 diabetes and acute coronary syndrome

Lixisenatide Cuts Kidney Damage in T2DM and Coronary Syndrome

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Lixisenatide reduces progression of urinary albumin-creatinine ratio in patients with macroalbuminuria
Industry employees are often involved in the design

Industry-Funded Trials Often Involve Employees in Studies

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Many trials published in high-impact journals involve funder, academic author in study design, reporting
An Arizona company has recalled more than 6.5 million pounds (2.9 million kilograms) of beef linked to a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 57 people in 16 states. Fourteen people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported

AZ Company Recalls Raw Beef Products Linked to Salmonella

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57 people sickened; 14 people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported to date
A bipartisan bill to fight the opioid addiction crisis in the United States has been passed by Congress. President Donald Trump said he would sign the bill into law.

Congress Passes Bill to Fight Opioid Crisis

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Comprehensive bipartisan package earmarks billions of dollars to fight opioid abuse in the United States