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Fifty-three medical professionals

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

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Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
Rates of hospitalization for stroke have fallen since 1988 for both black and white Medicare enrollees

Stroke Hospitalizations Down in Black, White Medicare Enrollees

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Black men and women have experienced greater improvements in 30-day poststroke mortality
Commonly held sleep myths have a questionable evidence base

Sleep Myths Are Commonly Circulated

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Authors say initiatives to debunk myths, promote healthful sleep practices may benefit public health
Health care workers are less likely to perform hand hygiene when they move from dirtier to cleaner tasks

Hand Hygiene Compliance Poor in Task Transitions

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Hand hygiene compliance was 50.8 percent when health care workers moved from dirtier to cleaner tasks
Abnormal performance on the Romberg test is independently associated with longer duration of symptoms among children and adolescents evaluated within 10 days after concussion

Abnormal Romberg Test Predicts Prolonged Concussion in Children

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Abnormal performance independently associated with longer duration of symptoms for children
Youth with a concussion history and greater sport experience may have more skill-related motor "reserve" to lessen the impact of concussions

More Sports Experience May Reduce Impact of Concussions

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Among youth with concussion history, more years of experience tied to quicker functional recovery
Trigeminal nerve stimulation showed efficacy when compared with a similar sham procedure for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children

Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation Beats Sham Tx for Peds ADHD

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Improvement observed in 8- to 12-year-olds with no clinically meaningful adverse events
Cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia during pregnancy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Prenatal Insomnia

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Women in CBT group had greater reductions in insomnia severity, were likely to have remission
Low scam awareness is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment among older adults

Low Scam Awareness May Indicate Alzheimer Risk in Seniors

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Increased risk for Alzheimer dementia, mild cognitive impairment seen with low scam awareness in seniors
Older adults (aged ≥75 years) undergoing antihypertensive treatment with systolic blood pressure (SBP) >150 mm Hg have less cognitive decline than those with SBP <130 mm Hg

Intensive BP Lowering May Up Cognitive Decline in Elderly

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For those on antihypertensive treatment, cognitive decline greater with SBP <130 versus >150 mm Hg