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About half of U.S. doctors received payments from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in 2015

Half of U.S. Doctors Receive Payments From Industry

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And, market share for brand-name drugs down at hospitals with sales restrictions
Older patients are at greater risk for hip fractures for two weeks after they start taking prescription sleeping pills

New Rx for Sleeping Pills Can Up Risk of Hip Fracture

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New users of sleep aids have fracture rate 2.5 times greater than peers not taking these drugs
Regularly taking low-dose aspirin appears to protect women from hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer

Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

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Protective link particularly significant for hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative cancer
About 35 percent of Americans experience symptoms of a transient ischemic attack

Too Few Americans Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

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Many who experience symptoms consistent with a TIA fail to report it
For patients with type 1 diabetes and normal awareness of hypoglycemia

Intense Interval Training Cuts Hypoglycemia Awareness in T1DM

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Single bout of HIIT reduces awareness among patients with normal awareness of hypoglycemia
Many seniors over age 85 need help with finances and/or managing their medications

Aging Substantially Ups Risk for Needing Help With Money, Meds

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By 85, numbers in need of assistance significantly rise, researchers say
Young adults with uncomplicated epilepsy who remain seizure-free do as well as siblings without the disorder in education

Social Outcomes Good for Uncomplicated Childhood Epilepsy

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Those with uncomplicated cases do as well as their siblings without the disorder, researchers say
Physical activity and vitamin D appear to have synergistic beneficial effects on the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Combo of Exercise, Vitamin D May Boost Effects on Heart Health

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Physical activity linearly associated with higher 25(OH)D levels in whites

April 2017 Briefing – Pharmacy

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for April 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Topical timolol has no effect on cutaneous telangiectasias among patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Topical Timolol Not Efficacious for Cutaneous Telangiectasias

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No significant changes for treatment with topical timolol in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia