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For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Yoga Practice May Benefit Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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Reductions seen in symptomatic AF, nonsymptomatic AF, asymptomatic AF episodes; depression and anxiety
About half of waivered clinicians prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and most treat at levels below their patient limits

About Half of Waivered Clinicians Prescribe Buprenorphine for OUD

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Percentages much higher for actively prescribing U.S. clinicians with 275 and 100 versus 30 patients
Black Americans have a higher incidence of cerebral venous thrombosis compared with other races

Blacks Have Higher Incidence of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

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Increases in the incidence of CVT from 2006 to 2016 driven mainly by increases among men, older women
Nursing home staff will have to be tested regularly for COVID-19

U.S. Nursing Home Staff Must Be Tested Regularly for COVID-19

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Long-term care facilities account for 42 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States
Experts are alarmed about revised U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines advising that people who do not have symptoms of COVID-19 do not need to be tested

Changes to CDC COVID-19 Testing Guidelines Trigger Concern

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Guidelines changed this week and prompted concern among infectious disease professionals
An effort that began in 1996 has led to the eradication of polio in Africa

WHO: Polio Eradicated in Africa

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Campaign by governments and nonprofits delivered nearly 9 billion polio vaccines
Survivors of childhood and adolescent and young adult cancer who develop a secondary breast cancer have significantly decreased breast cancer-specific survival

Survival Worse for Breast Cancers Secondary to Childhood Cancer

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Breast cancer-specific survival decreased for women previously treated with radiation for a primary cancer
Internationally

About One in Three Multiple Sclerosis Patients Have Migraine

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Pooled prevalence of migraine 31 percent in MS patients, with significant variance internationally
In a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online Aug. 26 in Circulation

AHA Details How to Lower Stroke Risk During, After Heart Surgery

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative strategies can help prevent perioperative stroke
Occupational exposures to burning wood

Exposure to Burning Wood Linked to Abnormal Cardiac Parameters

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Abnormal cardiac function, structure seen with exposure to pesticides, metals, burning wood