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At age 6 years

Regulatory T Cells Decreased With Farm Exposure at Age 6

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Elevated LPS-stimulated Treg percentage at age 6 years linked to increased risk of asthma
Obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of developing postoperative atrial fibrillation and venous thromboembolism

CHEST: Odds of Certain Post-Op Issues Up With Sleep Apnea

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Tied to higher risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism
Efforts to improve the quality of clinical care in the United States have had little impact on many aspects of outpatient care

Quality of Outpatient Care Has Not Consistently Improved in U.S.

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Large analysis finds declines or stagnation in many basic health measures in the United States
Narrow-network health insurance plans have lower monthly premiums than larger-network plans

Lower Monthly Premiums for Narrow-Network Plans

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Extra-small-network plan has less expensive monthly premium than large-network plan
Admission to a nurse-practitioner-staffed medical intensive care unit (ICU) is not associated with increased mortality compared with admission to a resident-staffed medical ICU

Mortality Not Up at Nurse-Practitioner-Staffed ICU

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No increase in ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality compared with resident-staffed ICU admissions
Migrants from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis who undergo screening before entry to low-incidence countries pose a negligible risk of onward transmission but are at increased risk of the infection

Migrants Screened for Active TB Pose Negligible Transmission Risk

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Screening, monitoring, treatment important in continuing downward trend of tuberculosis incidence
A type of smokeless tobacco called snus may increase a prostate cancer patient's mortality risk

Snus Use Tied to Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality

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Safety of the smokeless tobacco product called into question
A computerized order entry tool can increase the use of nonimaging cardiac stress tests among hospitalized patients

Computerized Ordering Tool Cuts Imaging Cardiac Stress Tests

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No reduction in use of inappropriate testing after introduction of computerized order entry tool
For high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Late Mortality Mainly Noncardiac for TAVR Patients

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Low rate of adverse events after the first month; good valve performance during follow-up
Physicians are twice as likely to get the right diagnosis on the first try as 23 popular symptom-checking computer programs

Doctors Better Diagnosticians Than Symptom-Checker Programs

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Popular symptom checkers were half as accurate in comparison study