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Although rates of smoking in the United States have declined to new lows

CDC: Tobacco-Linked Cancers Make Up 40 Percent of All Cancers

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Fewer people smoking, but cancer burden still high
Supported by the American Medical Association

AMA Highlights Role of Patient Shame in Opioid Disorders

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Webinar on patient shame forms part of Providers' Clinical Support System for Opioid Therapies
Doctors should screen children age 6 years and older for obesity

USPSTF Reaffirms Obesity Screening Recs for Children 6+

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force fine-tunes 2010 recommendation
The Amplatzer PFO Occluder device has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent another stroke among patients who have had at least one prior stroke involving a patent foramen ovale.

FDA Approves Device to Prevent Recurrent Strokes in PFO Patients

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For patients who had prior stroke related to patent foramen ovale
Supplemental testosterone and related anabolic-androgenic steroids can cause heart attacks

FDA Warns of Testosterone, AAS Abuse and Dependence

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Many American men take them, but heart and psychological issues can occur, agency says
Sexually transmitted disease cases reached a record high in the United States in 2015

CDC: STD Rates at Unprecedented High in the United States

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More prevention efforts needed, agency says
Lartruvo (olaratumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with certain soft tissue sarcomas.

FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Sanctioned for use with doxorubicin in cases that cannot be treated with radiation or surgery
Treatments that seal a child's back teeth can prevent most cavities

CDC Urges Dental Sealants for All Low-Income Children

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Treatments protect against most cavities -- reducing pain and dental costs
Use of complementary health approaches is significantly higher for U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders

CDC: Complementary Health Use Up With Musculoskeletal Pain

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Over 41 percent of U.S. adults with musculoskeletal pain disorders use complementary health approach
Some LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stockert 3T heater-cooler devices might have been contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera during manufacturing

CDC: Possible Contamination of Open-Heart Surgery Devices

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Hospitals to check to see which type of heater-coolers are in use