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ASA: Reversal Agent Cuts Severe Bleeding With Factor Xa Inhibitors

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Bolus plus two-hour infusion of andexanet alfa cuts antifactor Xa activity by 92 percent
Among men

Low Fitness, Obesity Linked to Later Disability Pension

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Being moderately or highly fit as teen linked to lower risk for later receipt of disability pension in men
A number of warning/advisory letters have been issued to 17 companies for selling illegal products that claim to prevent

FDA Warns 17 Companies About Illegal Alzheimer Disease Products

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The products are often sold on websites and social media and may be ineffective, unsafe
Education is associated with global cognition but not with the rate of cognitive change in older adults

Education Not Tied to Rate of Cognitive Change in Seniors

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Education was not associated with onset, rate of accelerated decline before dementia diagnosis
In a drug industry first

Johnson & Johnson to Provide Drug Prices in TV Ads

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Drug list prices, typical out-of-pocket costs will appear on screen at end of commercials
Trazodone is not associated with a reduced risk for dementia compared with other antidepressants at the prodromal stage of disease

Trazodone Not Associated With Reduced Risk for Dementia

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Study refutes animal studies suggesting trazodone delays dementia in patients at prodromal stage
There is disagreement between clinical diagnosis and criteria-based diagnosis of fibromyalgia

Discord Found in Clinician-, Criteria-Based Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

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Physicians fail to ID half of criteria-positive patients, incorrectly ID 11 percent of criteria-negative patients
Implementation of a novel enhanced recovery after surgery protocol can reduce patients' postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal or peripheral nerve surgery

ERAS Protocol Can Cut Opioid Use After Spine Surgery

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Decline seen in postoperative opioid requirements after elective spinal, peripheral nerve surgery
For older adults undergoing surgery

EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors

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Significantly less median cumulative time found with EEG suppression in EEG-guided group vs. usual care
In the United Kingdom

Ethnic Differences Seen at Time of Dementia Diagnosis in U.K.

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Asian and black patients younger at diagnosis, have lower cognitive scores than white patients