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Nonelderly cancer survivors are more likely to report changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons than individuals without a cancer history

Cancer Survivors Likely to Change Rx Drug Use for Financial Reasons

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Among nonelderly individuals, recently, previously diagnosed survivors more likely to change rx meds
For overweight

Weight Loss of 10% Beneficial in Overweight, Not Obese, With DM

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Five-year follow-up shows reduction in glucose-lowering medications, lower HbA1c, improved QoL
For older adults with subthreshold depression

Collaborative Care Cuts Depressive Symptoms in Seniors

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Among older adults with subthreshold depression, collaborative care linked to decrease in PHQ-9 scores
Up to one-third of antidepressants are prescribed for pain

Off-Label Antidepressant Use Common, but Evidence Lacking

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Trazodone for insomnia most common off-label use for antidepressants
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

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44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears has steadily increased among 6- to 18-year-olds in the United States

Pediatric ACL Injuries Continue to Rise, Especially Among Girls

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Annual increase in the incidence of ACL tears of 2.3 percent over 20 years
For patients with hospitalization for heart failure

Readmission Common After Hospitalization for Heart Failure

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Cardiac causes are most common etiology of readmissions, accounting for nearly half of them
In two policy statements published online Feb. 20 in Pediatrics

AAP Policy Statement Focuses on Child Witness Well-Being

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Second policy statement develops recommendations for pediatricians relating to expert testimony
An internet-delivered physical therapist-prescribed home exercise and pain-coping skills training intervention is beneficial for individuals with chronic knee pain

Internet-Delivered Exercise, Pain-Coping Skills Alleviate Knee Pain

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Clinically meaningful improvements in pain, function with home exercise and pain-coping skills training
From 2004 to 2012 there was a decrease in postpartum depressive symptoms

Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Fell in 2004 to 2012

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Prevalence highest among new mothers age ≤19, 20 to 24 years; unmarried mothers; postpartum smokers