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The European League Against Rheumatism has released recommendations -- published in the June issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases -- for health professionals to use in approaching pain management in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis.

New Recommendations Guide Arthritis Pain Management

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Patient-centered recommendations released by the European League Against Rheumatism
Young adults who value gluten-free food usually do so as part of a healthier dietary pattern

Valuing Gluten-Free Food Tied to Better Dietary Intake

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But young adults who do so also more likely to engage in unhealthy weight control behaviors
Only 8 percent of U.S. adults aged 35 years and older receive all high-priority clinical preventive services

Few Receive All High-Priority Clinical Preventive Services

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Eight percent of U.S. adults aged 35 years and older receive all services; 4.7 percent receive none
More patients are paying for health care services with cash

More Cash-Pay Patients Means Docs Need Billing Strategies

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Trend is requiring providers to proactively develop comprehensive policies
While nearly all physicians say end-of-life conversations are important

Many Physicians Not Prepared for End-of-Life Talks With Patients

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Additional training, reimbursement may foster these critical conversations, authors say
In accordance with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

AAFP Still Recommends CRC Screening From Age 50 to 75

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Despite ACS change to start screening from age 45 years, AAFP agrees with USPSTF recommendation
A salmonella outbreak linked to melons and fruit salad mixes continues to expand

70 Sickened So Far in Salmonella-Tainted Melon Outbreak

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Illnesses reported in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee
The first confirmed human case of Keystone virus -- named after the location in the Tampa Bay area where it was first identified in 1964 -- has been diagnosed in a Florida teen

Florida Teen First Human Case of Another Mosquito-Borne Virus

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First documented case of Keystone infection in a human
Socioeconomic factors

Sociodemographic Factors Impact Heart-Healthy Behaviors

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Individual socioeconomic, psychosocial, and neighborhood factors all play a role
In back-related leg pain and sciatica patients

Various Factors Affect Progress in Back-Related Leg Pain, Sciatica

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Belief in a long recovery, many symptoms attributed to pain negatively tied to improvement