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ASA: Not Enough Stroke Patients Being Treated With tPA

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Minorities, women, seniors on Medicare, rural residents less likely to be diagnosed in time for tPA
Oral ciprofloxacin is effective for the treatment of human plague

Oral Ciprofloxacin Effective for Treatment of Human Plague

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Successful treatment in 5 cases of culture-confirmed human plague, including 1 case of pneumonic plague
Isolation precautions are infrequently used for nursing home residents with multidrug-resistant organism infection

Nursing Homes Rarely Use Isolation for Drug-Resistant Bugs

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Locomotion and eating support are characteristics positively associated with isolation use
Nonelderly cancer survivors are more likely to report changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons than individuals without a cancer history

Cancer Survivors Likely to Change Rx Drug Use for Financial Reasons

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Among nonelderly individuals, recently, previously diagnosed survivors more likely to change rx meds
For overweight

Weight Loss of 10% Beneficial in Overweight, Not Obese, With DM

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Five-year follow-up shows reduction in glucose-lowering medications, lower HbA1c, improved QoL
Up to one-third of antidepressants are prescribed for pain

Off-Label Antidepressant Use Common, but Evidence Lacking

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Trazodone for insomnia most common off-label use for antidepressants
Forty-four percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen

Health Information Theft a Pressing Concern for U.S. Patients

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44 percent of U.S. adults are worried about having their personal health care information stolen
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
Testosterone treatment can boost bone density and reduce anemia in older men with low levels of the hormone

Trials Highlight Benefits, Risks of Testosterone Treatment

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While trials show it boosts bone density and lowers anemia risk, heart risks also seen
For patients with advanced urothelial cancer that has recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy

ASCO: Pembrolizumab Is Good Second-Line Tx in Urothelial CA

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Findings for patients with advanced urothelial CA that recurred or progressed after platinum-based chemo