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Therapeutic patient education interventions can promote self-management in selected cardiovascular conditions

Education Can Promote Self-Management in CVD Conditions

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Most effective interventions are tailored to individual patient needs, use multiple components
A community-based interventionist-guided weight-loss program is efficacious for early-stage African-American breast cancer survivors

Weight-Loss Program Aids Black Breast Cancer Survivors

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Community-based, interventionist-guided weight loss program efficacious for early-stage survivors
Breast cancer risk peaks around the 40s for BRCA1 mutation carriers and around the 50s for BRCA2 carriers

Family Hx, Mutation Position Key Variables in BRCA1/2 Cancer Risk

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Study findings provide cancer risk patterns based on BRCA status using prospective data
Mosquitoes that can spread Zika

CDC: Number of U.S. Counties With Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes Up

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Surveillance also spotted increase in mosquitoes that transmit dengue, chikungunya viruses
Opioid-related hospitalizations among women in the United States increased far faster than among men between 2005 and 2014

Sharp Rise Among Women for Opioid-Related Hospitalizations

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U.S. cases rose 75 percent for females versus 55 percent for males over a decade, researchers say
For HIV-positive patients

Financial Incentives May Increase Viral Suppression in HIV

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No increase in linkage to care, but increase noted in viral suppression and continuity of care
For patients undergoing coronary angiography

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Similar With, Without Diabetes

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Patients with versus without diabetes, without CAD, were more often treated with statins and aspirin
A white paper has been developed by the American Urological Association Quality Improvement and Patient Safety committee with respect to the diagnosis and management of nonneurogenic chronic urinary retention; the paper was published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology.

AUA Reports on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention

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Treatment algorithm proposed based on stratification of patients by risk and by symptoms
Physicians who receive information about patient harms are more likely to support financial penalties targeting inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

Support for Financial Penalties Up With Emphasis on Patient Harms

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Penalties supported by 41% of physician recipients of clinical vignette describing harms to patient
Yoga may be as effective as physical therapy for pain relief and improved function in patients with chronic low back pain

Yoga Noninferior to Physical Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain

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Nearly half of yoga group saw clinically meaningful improvement in pain and disability