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Patients addicted to opioids treated in a hospital emergency department do better when they receive medication to reduce opioid cravings

Patients With Opioid Addiction Benefit From Tx Initiated in ER

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Giving drugs to reduce cravings appears to be effective option, researchers find
Successful weight maintenance may be more likely with a series of post-diet coaching sessions conducted mostly by phone

Maintenance Intervention Improves Long-Term Weight Loss

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Coaching sessions seem to help patients keep from regaining the weight
Nearly one-quarter of enrollees in a U.S. managed care network who visit the emergency department for an ocular condition have a nonurgent condition

One in Four Ocular ER Visits for Nonurgent Conditions

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Risk of visiting ER for nonurgent ocular conditions down for those with established eye care provider
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
For breast cancer survivors

Exercise Most Important Lifestyle Change for Breast CA Survivors

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Those who exercised were about 40 percent less likely to die from disease, review suggests
A considerable proportion of hospice caregivers are moderately to severely depressed or have moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety

Depression, Anxiety Prevalent in Hospice Caregivers

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Younger age and poorer self-rated global health are risk factors for both depression and anxiety
There has been an increase in the number and proportion of foodborne disease outbreaks associated with imported food

Increase in Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Tied to Imported Food

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Aquatic products responsible for 55 percent of outbreaks, produce accounts for 33 percent
Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is not associated with a survival benefit for patients with uncertain ICU needs hospitalized with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

ICU Appears Overused for Some Patients With Heart, Lung Disease

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Researchers find no difference in mortality rates, but higher costs for intensive care for some patients
Early use of physical therapy for new low back pain in older adults is not associated with less subsequent back pain-specific health care utilization

Early PT Not Tied to Lower Health Care Use Later On

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Findings among older adults presenting with a new episode of low back pain
Post-deployment screening for mental disorders is not effective for reducing the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder

Post-Deployment Screening Has Limited Benefit in U.K. Military

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Screening based on tailored advice does not reduce prevalence of disorders or increase help-seeking