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There has been a record number of cases of a rare paralyzing illness among children in the United States this year

Case Numbers of U.S. Children With Polio-Like Illness Hit Record High

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CDC says there have been 158 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in 36 states
Chronic opioid use during pregnancy that causes neonatal abstinence syndrome is associated with smaller neonatal head circumference

Smaller Heads Related to Opioid-Related Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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Chronic opioid use in pregnancy resulting in NAS linked to smaller head circumference in neonates
Later-born siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have elevated risk of being diagnosed with the same or the other disorder

Risk Up for Later-Born Siblings of Children With ASD, ADHD

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Odds of both ASD and ADHD increased for later-born siblings of children with either diagnosis
Stress related to use of health information technology is common and predictive of burnout among physicians

HIT-Related Stress Linked to Burnout Among Physicians

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Odds of burnout up with report of poor/marginal time for documentation, time spent on EHR at home
A lack of preventive care in infants and children is associated with an increased rate of unplanned hospital admissions

Lack of Peds Preventive Care Ups Unplanned Hospital Admissions

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Infants and children lacking vaccinations, development checks more likely to be admitted
Pregnant women commonly refuse vaccines

Pregnant Women Commonly Refuse Vaccines

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Providers believe stressing fetal protection is most effective strategy against refusal
Secondhand smoke exposure declined substantially among U.S. nonsmokers from 1988 through 2014

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Saw Big Drop From 1988 to 2014

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However, among U.S. nonsmokers, rates of secondhand exposure stalled during 2011 to 2014
Nearly two-thirds of insured adults with a previous health care visit did not use an online patient portal in 2017

Most Insured Patients Not Using Online Portals

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Socioeconomic disparities exist in use of patient portals; privacy concerns cited for nonuse

American Society of Hematology, Dec. 1-4

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The 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology was held from Dec....
Common ragweed is expected to expand at the northern margins of its current distribution

Projected Distribution of Common Ragweed Modeled in U.S.

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Based on global climate models, expansion predicted at northern margins of current distribution