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Different paths to perspective of another's experience are associated with varying effect on helpers' health during helping behavior

Path to Empathy Deemed As Vital As Being Empathetic

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Conclusion could be especially useful in context of medical professions, researcher says
Prescription databases can help combat drug abuse when doctors are required by law to check them before writing opioid prescriptions

Doctors Urged to Check Patient Drug History Before Opioid Rx

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Opioid abuse down when physicians are legally obligated to check patient's drug history
The majority of medical practices have dismissed patients

Nine of Ten Practices Surveyed Have Dismissed Patients

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Reasons include inappropriate behavior toward staff, violation of Rx policies, repeatedly missed appointments
Poverty and race are tied to the health of lupus patients in the United States

Poverty Affects Severity of Organ Damage Due to Lupus

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And, pregnancy complications higher among non-white patients with lupus
Engaging in aerobic and resistance exercise while losing weight enables elderly obese patients to maintain more muscle mass and bone density compared to those who do just one type of exercise or none at all

Weight Loss, Aerobic+Resistance Exercise Best for Obese Seniors

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Best way to improve functional status and reverse frailty in older adults with obesity, researchers say
Physicians should consider their retirement and plan ahead at all stages of their career

Tips Provided to Help Physicians Plan for Retirement

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Strategies to save for retirement should be adapted through different stages of physicians' careers
The decline in the number of Americans without health insurance stalled in 2016 after five years of progress

CDC: Slowing of Decline in Number of Uninsured Adults

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Uninsured rate was 9 percent in 2016, compared with 9.1 percent in 2015
Hospitalized patients 65 and older may face a slightly higher risk of dying within a month of their admittance when treated by an older versus younger physician

Treatment in Hospital by Older Doctors Tied to Higher Mortality

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Older patients' hospital survival slightly higher when physician is younger, researchers say
Health care costs can be reduced

Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs

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Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
Regular use of corticosteroid injections for degenerative knee disease is ineffective and may even result in cartilage loss

No Evidence Steroids Benefit Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

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Noticeable cartilage loss detected in patients treated with injections over two years, researchers say