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Yoga is associated with decreased bowel symptoms

Review Suggests Yoga Beneficial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Significantly decreased bowel symptoms, disease severity, anxiety versus conventional treatment
Two doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine

Only Two Doses of HPV Vaccine Necessary for Younger Teens

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Global study supports revised regimen for those under 15
The U.S. mortality rate from infectious diseases is about the same now as it was in 1980

Mortality Rate From Infectious Diseases Holding Steady in U.S.

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Although new threats have emerged, number of patients dying from infections has stayed fairly stable
Palliative care interventions are associated with improvements in patient quality of life and symptom burden

Palliative Care Positively Affects Symptom Burden, QOL

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But no effect on survival; findings for caregiver outcomes mixed
An initial hospital contact for alcohol problems is a significant predictor of alcoholic liver cirrhosis

Initial Hospital Contact for Alcohol Issues Predicts Cirrhosis

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Alcoholic cirrhosis risk highest for patients aged 40 to 59 years, for those with harmful use, dependence
For critically ill adults

Acute Kidney Injury Is Risk Factor for Delirium, Coma

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Stage 2 and 3 acute kidney injury linked to increased risk of both delirium, coma in critically ill adults
Long-term proton pump inhibitor use is associated with increased risk of fundic gland polyps

Review Links PPI Use With Risk of Fundic Gland Polyps

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Proton pump inhibitor therapy may also be associated with increased risk of gastric cancer
Clinicians should not screen for thyroid cancer in patients who have no symptoms of the disease

USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against Thyroid Cancer Screening

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Widespread routine thyroid cancer screening can lead to overdiagnosis, overtreatment
Privately insured Americans spent nearly 5 percent more on health care last year than in 2014; this increase was significantly more than that seen in previous years and reflects higher costs for prescription drugs

Rising Rx, ER Prices Pushing U.S. Health Care Spending Up

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Prescription drugs are the fastest growing expense, report shows
Patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy before and after radical cystectomy frequently experience thromboembolic events

Thromboembolic Events Common With Chemo for Bladder Cancer

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Findings in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy