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Disagreement Seen Over Barriers to Kids’ Daily Use of Asthma Meds

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Children, caregivers, clinicians cite different barriers, including medication running out, being 'pain to take'
Systemic lupus erythematous is among the top 20 leading causes of death in females between the ages of 5 and 64 years in the United States

Lupus Is a Leading Cause of Death in Young Women

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Death from lupus ranked 10th in women 15 to 24 years, 14th in those aged 25 to 34 and 35 to 44 years
U.S. hospitals will have to post their standard prices online and make it easier for patients to access their electronic medical records

Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online

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Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records

American College of Physicians, April 19-21

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The American College of Physicians: Internal Medicine Meeting The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from April 19...
Patients prefer physicians who engage in face-to-face clinic visits

Patients Prefer Doctors Who Engage in Face-to-Face Visits

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Patients perceive F2F physicians as more compassionate and better communicators
Medical cannabis and/or its synthetic extracts should not be used for treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Medical Cannabis Not Recommended for Sleep Apnea

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American Academy of Sleep Medicine says evidence insufficient to recommend cannabis for apnea
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Triple Therapy Tied to Reduced Rate of COPD Exacerbations

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Benefits seen for triple therapy with fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol
The estimated annual cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality resulting from nonoptimized medication therapy is more than half a trillion dollars in the United States

Nonoptimized Drug Therapy Costs More Than $500 Billion Annually

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After initial Rx use, average cost of individual having treatment failure, new medical problem over $2,000
Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter is associated with increased health care utilization for acute lower respiratory infection

Increased Pollution Exposure Ups Health Care Visits for Acute URI

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Health care use for URI higher within one week of elevated fine particulate matter, especially for infants
Transplantation of organs from overdose-death donors is associated with similar five-year patient survival and graft survival as organs from trauma-death donors and medical-death donors

Similar Outcomes for Transplant With Overdose-Death Donors

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Outcomes similar for ODD recipients, recipients of organs from trauma-death, medical-death donors