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The American Society for Clinical Oncology has developed guidelines for the management and palliative care of women with invasive cervical cancer. The clinical practice guideline was published online May 25 in the Journal of Global Oncology.

ASCO Develops Recommendations for Invasive Cervical Cancer Care

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Most effective evidence-based antitumor and palliative care interventions should be provided
Listening to relaxing music before eye surgery reduces patients' anxiety and their need for sedation

Music During Eye Surgery = Less Sedation

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And, patients who listen to relaxing music before procedure have less anxiety
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Prednisone Use Linked to Increased Risk of Mortality in RA

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Risk attenuated when patients are treated with combination of prednisone and methotrexate
Proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small bowel injury

PPI Use Ups NSAID-Induced Small Bowel Injury

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Increased risk of small bowel injury for healthy participants treated with celecoxib + PPI
To optimize postpartum care

ACOG Provides Guidance on Optimizing Postpartum Care

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Patient and her ob-gyn should formulate a postpartum care plan during antenatal care
Uninsurance rates have decreased since the introduction of the Affordable Care Act

Remaining Uninsured May Be Difficult to Reach Via ACA

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Reaching the remaining uninsured may be difficult due to lack of Medicaid expansion on the state level
For patients with type 2 diabetes with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <2.0 mmol/L

Higher HDL-C Linked to Cardiac Risk With LDL-C <2.0 mmol/L

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Increased risk for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality for patients with type 2 diabetes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever buprenorphine implant to treat opioid dependence

FDA Approves Probuphine Implant for Opioid Dependence

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New form of treatment designed to last six months
Half as many infants and preschoolers in the United States are dying from abusive head trauma as in 2009

CDC: Fatal Abusive Head Trauma Among Children Down in the U.S.

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Deaths of children under age 5 dropped an average 13 percent annually between 2009 and 2014
There is strong evidence to support intermittent inhaled corticosteroids for prevention of wheeze exacerbations in preschool children with intermittent asthma or viral-triggered wheezing

Intermittent Steroids Reduce Some Asthma Exacerbations

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Findings for preschool children with intermittent asthma or viral-triggered wheezing