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The team at Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council reviewed 225 studies and concluded that homeopathy is no better than placebo

Australian Health Council Says No Evidence Homeopathy Works

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Research claiming homeopathy effective found to be of poor quality
A new model has been proposed for classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases ahead of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

New Model Proposed for Hypersensitivity/Allergic Disease

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International collaboration validated classification proposal using crowdsourcing
Management of pain is an important component in improving the quality of care in hospitals from a patient's perspective

Patients Say Pain Control Is Key to Quality of Care in Hospitals

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Patient-provider shared decision-making may improve pain outcomes
Your voice may be the key to landing a new job

Getting Heard May Be Key to Getting New Job

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Pitch for job was more convincing when evaluators heard it than when they read it
While some thinking skills begin to decline as one ages

Emotional Intelligence Peaks in Middle Age

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Overall knowledge base highest for seniors
Boosting older adults' colorectal cancer screening rates to 80 percent by 2018 would lead to 21

Coalition Calls for Increased Colorectal Cancer Screening

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Coalition aims for 80 percent participation by 2018
Measures of hospitalist physician continuity do not show a consistent or significant association with the incidence of adverse events

Hospitalist Continuity Doesn’t Appear to Greatly Affect AEs

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Hospitalist physician continuity by itself does not appear to affect the incidence of adverse events
Chronic kidney disease during pregnancy puts women and their babies at risk for certain types of problems

Any Kidney Disease to Be Seen As Relevant in Pregnancy

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Careful monitoring necessary, researchers say
Raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 would save hundreds of thousands of lives and substantially reduce the number of smokers in the United States

IOM: Raise Legal Age to 21 for Tobacco Purchase

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Such a move would save thousands of lives and lower number of smokers, says Institute of Medicine
Reducing the number of Americans with type 2 diabetes is a new mission shared by the American Medical Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AMA, CDC Partner to Focus on Diabetes Prevention

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Getting the millions of Americans at risk for type 2 tested is the first step, experts say