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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
Patients addicted to opioids treated in a hospital emergency department do better when they receive medication to reduce opioid cravings

Patients With Opioid Addiction Benefit From Tx Initiated in ER

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Giving drugs to reduce cravings appears to be effective option, researchers find
In a case report published online Feb. 12 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Drug-Induced Lupus Seen With Adalimumab Treatment

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Patient with psoriasis developed muscle pain with paresthesia, ANA titer elevation with adalimumab
High blood levels of active vitamin D may increase muscle strength

Increased Active Vitamin D May Help Optimize Muscle Strength

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Findings for serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25[OH]2D3)
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to methotrexate

Baricitinib Associated With Significant Improvement in RA

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Findings versus placebo, adalimumab in patients non-responsive to methotrexate
Eating a low-fat meal when taking an expensive prostate cancer drug can cut the cost of the medication by three-quarters

ASCO: Taking Abiraterone Acetate With Low-Fat Meal Can Cut Cost

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Research indicates high-fat meals raise levels of the drug more unpredictably
Prevention and treatment

AAP Urges Doctors Not to Punish Pregnant Women for Opioid Use

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Group says better prevention and treatment, not jail time, would stem surge in drug-addicted newborns
A child's risk of a potentially fatal drug overdose more than doubles if a parent is prescribed an opioid

OD Risk Up in Children Whose Mothers Are Prescribed Opioids

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Second study finds opioids stored unsafely in many households with children