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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends pre-eclampsia screening with blood pressure measurements during pregnancy. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement

USPSTF Urges BP Screening for Pre-eclampsia During Pregnancy

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Grade B recommendation suggests substantial net benefit for screening for pre-eclampsia

T2DM Risk Cut by Variant in Sulfonylurea Receptor Encoder

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Missense variant in ABCC8 gene also linked to reduced risk of coronary heart disease
Central obesity is associated with increased risk of mortality even in normal-weight individuals

Central Obesity Ups Mortality Across BMI Range

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Increased mortality with central obesity for normal-weight, overweight, obese individuals
For patients with low back pain

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction May Ease Back Pain

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction tied to short-term benefit for pain intensity, physical functioning
New research offers a checklist that helps determine whether it is safe for patients with type 1 diabetes to drive. The findings were published online April 12 in Diabetes Care.

Doctors Encouraged to Assess Driving Risks for T1DM Patients

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Researchers say new checklist can help determine when hypoglycemia should keep patients off the road
Biking to work may help lengthen lifespan

Cycling To and From Work Linked Lower CVD, Mortality Risk

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In five-year study, cyclists saw risk for heart disease, cancer, early death cut by almost half
A lawsuit has been filed by an Indian nation against six of the top drug distributors and pharmacies in the United States for harm done by prescription pain medications.

Cherokee Nation Sues Retailers, Distributors Over Opioid Crisis

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Suit alleges companies violated sovereign Cherokee laws by failing to prevent black market sales
A growing number of U.S. emergency departments are giving patients medication through the nose instead of via injections or intravenously

ERs Administering More Medications Intranasally

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Many benefits to nasal administration, including reduction in spread of infection
Opioid addicts who get their medical care in settings such as primary care offices and hospitals

Mortality Up for Opioid Addicts Not Treated in Addiction Clinics

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Those treated in primary care, hospitals twice as likely to die as those treated in addiction centers
Children from schools with greater risk and challenge in the playground environment report being happier at school and playing with more children

More Risks on School Playgrounds Linked to Happier Children

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Greater opportunities for risk, challenge associated with fewer reports of bullying to adults