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A cognitive test involving animal name recall can predict which elderly patients succeed in mastering an insulin self-injection technique within one week

Cognitive Test Predicts Elderly Insulin Injection Success

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Number of animal names recalled in one minute was the most useful indicator
Cognitive behavioral therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are effective for reducing symptoms of anxiety in childhood

CBT, SSRIs Effectively Cut Anxiety Symptoms in Childhood

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CBT significantly improves primary anxiety symptoms compared with wait-listing/no treatment
Stress is associated with impaired sleep and increased emotional rewarding of palatable foods

Role of Stress, Sleep Highlighted in Study of Obesity

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Stress linked to impaired sleep, increased emotional rewarding of palatable foods, leading to obesity
Infants who receive general anesthesia for surgery before they're 1 year old may have less white matter in their brains

General Anesthesia in Infants May Affect White Matter Volume

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Small study finds reduction in white matter among children operated on as infants
Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic children are less likely than non-Hispanic white children to receive antibiotics for viral acute respiratory tract infection in the pediatric emergency department

Racial Variation in Antibiotic Prescribing for Viral ARTI

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Non-Hispanic black, Hispanic children less likely than non-Hispanic white children to receive antibiotics
Young adults with chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide as their healthy peers

Suicide Risk Up in Younger Patients With Chronic Illness

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Those diagnosed with diabetes, asthma more likely to attempt suicide than healthy peers
β-2 adrenergic agonists might be able to combat Parkinson's disease

β-2 Adrenergic Agonists May Help Fight Parkinson’s Disease

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Asthma medications may lower risk, but much more research is needed
Fentanyl is a key player in America's continuing epidemic of opioid-related overdose deaths

CDC: Fentanyl Driving Rise in Opioid-Linked Deaths in U.S.

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The synthetic drug is more powerful than heroin or morphine
For atrial fibrillation ablation patients undergoing their index ablation

Benefit of Aspirin After A-Fib Ablation Questioned

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Low risk patients do not appear to benefit from long-term aspirin therapy, but bleeding risk up
The cardiovascular event rate is low for patients with no coronary artery calcium

Coronary Artery Calcium May Be Best Indicator of CVD Risk

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Event rate 2.9 in 1,000 person-years for those without CAC