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A smartphone application providing real-time advice about sun protection offers some improvement in sun protection behaviors

Real-Time Mobile App Can Improve Sun Protection

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Two studies demonstrate some improvement in sun protection behaviors
Sleeping well during middle age may be an investment that leads to better mental functioning later in life

Sleeping Well in Middle Age May Pay Off Later in Life

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Better functioning reported decades afterward, researchers find
Automated external defibrillators installed and ready for use in many public spaces can save lives when needed

FDA to Strengthen Approval Process for AEDs

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Agency has received 72,000 reports of automated external defibrillators failing
Intensive lifestyle modifications

Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Change on CV Burden Studied

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Review indicates diet, exercise decrease overall coronary/carotid atherosclerosis burden
The positive rate of the glucose breath test is higher in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Glucose Breath Test Positivity Up in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Positive rate significantly higher in patients with Crohn's disease; positivity linked to GI symptom
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibition may attenuate hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance induced by the Western diet through hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function

How Does DPP-4 Inhibition Affect Liver Function?

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Mechanisms may involve hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function
Pain management treatment decisions may be impacted by a health care provider's demographic characteristics

Provider Demographics Affect Pain Treatment Decisions

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These effects may contribute to pain management disparities
The first generic version of Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium delayed-release capsules) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults and children ages 1 and older.

FDA Approves Generic Form of Nexium

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To treat gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults and children ages 1 and older
Chronic insomniacs who regularly take longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep appear to be at a significantly increased risk for hypertension

Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Higher Risk of Hypertension

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Risk up with regularly taking longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep
For patients seen in emergency departments solely for chest pain not due to myocardial infarction

Benefit of Noninvasive Tests in Non-MI Chest Pain Questioned

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Such screenings don't predict who will have a future cardiovascular event, researchers report