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Statins can interact with other drugs prescribed for cardiovascular disease

AHA Urges Awareness of Statin Interaction With Other CV Meds

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Lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin should not be used with gemfibrozil
Women vaccinated with earlier versions of the human papillomavirus vaccine may only need cervical cancer screening every five years starting at age 25 or 30

Less Frequent Cervical CA Screens May Be OK After HPV Vaccine

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Less testing could reduce risk of false-positives and save money, researchers say
Some patients with atrial fibrillation who have implanted pacemakers or defibrillators may not always need anticoagulation

Researchers Say Not All A-Fib Patients Need Anticoagulation

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If episodes of atrial fibrillation are brief, risk of stroke is low
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Postprandial Walk Beneficial in Type 2 Diabetes

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Second study supports at least 150 minutes of exercise a week for reducing T2DM risk
For patients with chronic hepatitis B

Liver Stiffness Linked to Hepatic Events, Death in Hepatitis B

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Metabolic syndrome ups risk of cardiovascular events, not hepatic events or death in chronic hep B
Efforts to improve the quality of clinical care in the United States have had little impact on many aspects of outpatient care

Quality of Outpatient Care Has Not Consistently Improved in U.S.

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Large analysis finds declines or stagnation in many basic health measures in the United States
Narrow-network health insurance plans have lower monthly premiums than larger-network plans

Lower Monthly Premiums for Narrow-Network Plans

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Extra-small-network plan has less expensive monthly premium than large-network plan
Admission to a nurse-practitioner-staffed medical intensive care unit (ICU) is not associated with increased mortality compared with admission to a resident-staffed medical ICU

Mortality Not Up at Nurse-Practitioner-Staffed ICU

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No increase in ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality compared with resident-staffed ICU admissions
Data mining coupled with laboratory experiments can identify QT interval-prolonging drug-drug interactions

Data Mining, Experiments ID QT Prolonging Drug Interactions

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Patients taking ceftriaxone and lansoprazole have significantly longer QTc intervals
Use of complementary health approaches is significantly higher for U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders

CDC: Complementary Health Use Up With Musculoskeletal Pain

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Over 41 percent of U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders use complementary health approach