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For patients undergoing imaging examinations

Education About Imaging Most Often Given by Ordering Provider

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Delivery of pre-examination information to patients suboptimal; about half seek information themselves
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Feb. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Recommends Against Ovarian Cancer Screening

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Among asymptomatic women, harms of screening for ovarian cancer outweigh potential benefits
Four best practices outlined that can help prevent health care cyberattacks

Four Best Practices Outlined to Prevent Health Care Cyberattacks

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Health care execs should ID potential inefficiencies in cybersecurity, ensure systems backed up
Higher concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances are associated with greater weight regain in a diet-induced weight-loss setting

Perfluoroalkyl Substances Linked to Greater Weight Regain

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Higher baseline levels of PFAS tied to greater weight regain in weight-loss setting, especially for women
Among U.S. adults with diabetes

Mortality Up in Diabetes With Low eGFR, No Albuminuria

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Mortality rates increasing among those with albumin-to-creatinine ratio <30 mg/g and low eGFR
Electronic health records are not sufficient to ensure success in value-based care

EHRs Not Sufficient to Ensure Success in Value-Based Care

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EHRs do not necessarily capture information needed; interoperability is poor, analytics are incomplete
Opioid use is associated with elevated risk of invasive pneumococcal disease

Opioid Use Linked to Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

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Strongest associations seen for opioids that were long acting, of high potency, and used at high doses
For newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome

Rooming-In May Up Outcomes in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Reduction in pharmacotherapy use, length of stay for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome
Maternal prenatal and early childhood intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and fructose is associated with current asthma in midchildhood

Prenatal, Early Life Fructose Intake Associated With Asthma

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High intake of sugar-sweetened beverages during pregnancy and early childhood linked to asthma
Risk of developing type 2 diabetes is associated with subtle elevations of glucose and lipids more than 20 years before diagnosis

Diabetes Signs May Be Present 20 Years Before Diagnosis

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Subtle elevations in fasting glucose and triglycerides associated with developing type 2 diabetes