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In 2015

ER Visit Rate 92 Per 1,000 for Diabetes Patients 45 and Older

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Percentage of ER visits by those with diabetes, aged 45 and older, increased from 2012 to 2015
Postmenopausal women who breastfed more children

Breastfeeding Found to Be Protective Against Hypertension

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Findings among Korean women evaluated for hypertension at postmenopausal age
Most people do not believe that professionals including health care providers should be allowed to refuse to provide services based on their conscience or beliefs

Poll: Personal Beliefs Shouldn’t Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat

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Majority surveyed don't believe health care workers should be able to refuse services based on beliefs
A long-feared shortage of a substance used in millions of medical imaging procedures each year in the United States appears to have been avoided

FDA Says U.S. Will Now Produce Critical MRI Component

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New technology approved to produce the country's own supply of the radioisotope Technetium-99m
The prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 is 47.8 and 11.9 percent

HSV-1 Prevalence 47.8 Percent in 14- to 49-Year-Olds

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Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 is 11.9 percent; both declined from 1999-2000 to 2015-2016
High detection rates of high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) persist in consecutive subsequent screening rounds versus the prevalence round

High Detection Rates of High-Grade DCIS Persist

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Low-, intermediate-grade DCIS less frequently ID'd in subsequent screening rounds vs. prevalence round
The amount of U.S. health care resources devoted to treating obesity-related illness in U.S. adults rose 29 percent from 2001 to 2015

Expenditures Rising for Treating Obesity-Related Illness in U.S.

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Proportion of medical expenditures for obesity-related illness varies widely by state
The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and of high-risk HPV type 16 or 18 is 4.9 and 3.9 percent

HPV Prevalence 4.9 Percent in Tonsil Tissue of Healthy Adults

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Human papillomavirus colocalizes to the biofilm of the tonsillar crypts
For Medicaid patients

Ridesharing Services Don’t Reduce Missed Appointments

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Among Medicaid patients, uptake of ridesharing is low and doesn't reduce missed appointments
The estimated prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome varies from 1.1 to 5.0 percent among first graders in four U.S. communities

Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders Estimated

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Approximate prevalence among first-graders in four U.S. communities varies from 1.1 to 5.0 percent