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Vaccination for influenza for multiple seasons is twice as effective in preventing severe influenza -- compared with non-severe influenza -- in older patients admitted to hospital

Repeated Flu Vaccinations Help Prevent Severe Infection

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Annual vaccination found to lessen flu severity, hospitalizations, and death among the elderly
There is an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease among patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Tied to Higher CVD Risk

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Risk further increased among patients with ITP who undergo splenectomy
Two years of high-intensity exercise training is associated with improved maximal oxygen uptake and reduced cardiac stiffness in previously sedentary healthy middle-aged adults

CV Exercise Betters Cardiac Aging in Sedentary Middle-Aged Adults

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Two years of high-intensity exercise tied to improved maximal oxygen uptake, reduced cardiac stiffness
Breast implants are associated with an increased risk of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma in the breast

Breast Implants Slightly Increase Risk of Breast ALCL

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Implants tied to increased risk of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma; overall risk still very small
Hospitals that volunteered to be under financial incentives for more than a decade as part of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration do not have better process scores or lower mortality than hospitals where these incentives were implemented later under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program

For Hospitals, No Benefit for Early Adoption of Financial Incentives

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Hospitals with early adoption do not have better process scores, lower mortality than late adopters
In both men and women in the United States

Cancer Death Rate Continuing to Decline in United States

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Continuous drop in combined cancer death rate from 1991 to 2015, resulting in 2,378,600 fewer deaths
The infant mortality rate varied by state

2013 to 2015 Infant Mortality Rate Varied by State and Race

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Rates varied by race and Hispanic origin of mother; highest rates in infants of non-Hispanic black women
Improvement in obstetrician-gynecologists' knowledge and prescribing practices regarding opioids is needed

Improvement Needed in Ob-Gyn Opioid Prescribing Practices

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Respondents prescribed median of 26 pills/patient; amount prescribed varied widely by indication
The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders appears to be high for at-risk physicians

Higher Risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Some Physicians

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Increasing risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in procedural specialists
Black women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia have increased likelihood of uterine leiomyomas

Uterine Leiomyomas, Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia May Be Linked

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Higher odds of uterine leiomyomas for black women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia