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Prescription opioid use among teens and young adults is higher than expected

~25 Percent of Adolescents, Young Adults Use Rx Opioids

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Focus of prevention should include close friends and family members of teens and young adults
Most cases of infection-related stillbirth may be due to bacterial pathogens

Infection Likely Cause of One in Eight Stillbirths

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E. coli, group B streptococcus, and enterococcus species most common bacterial pathogens
There is no significant difference in breast cancer detection rates with dense breast ultrasound screening following digital mammography versus digital breast tomosynthesis

Cancer Yield Similar for Dense Breast Ultrasound After DM, DBT

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Detection rates for additional cancers similar after digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis
Taking certain antidepressants while pregnant can increase the risk for developing gestational diabetes

Prenatal Antidepressant Use May Up Risk for Gestational Diabetes

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Venlafaxine, amitriptyline use during pregnancy associated with increased risk for gestational diabetes
Obese and overweight older individuals who lose weight have lower bone mineral density in their hips

Weight Loss Tied to Loss of Hip Bone Density in Older Adults

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Loss of total hip BMD seen in obese older adults who maintain, regain weight after weight loss
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CDC: 63.5 Percent of 3- to 5-Year-Olds Have Had Vision Tested

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Hispanic children less likely to have had vision tested, as are children with public coverage, uninsured
Two-thirds of parents acknowledge there are barriers to recognizing depression in their own adolescent child

Poll: Parents Cite Barriers to Recognizing Depression in Adolescents

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Parents report that one in four teens knows a peer with depression
Endurance exercise training may improve skeletal muscle microvasculature in patients with sickle cell disease

Endurance Exercise May Offer Vascular Benefit in Sickle Cell Disease

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Increases in capillary density, functional exchange surface seen in microvasculature of skeletal muscle
In preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation

Umbilical Cord Milking May Harm Extremely Preterm Infants

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Study terminated early due to higher rate of severe intraventricular hemorrhage for umbilical cord milking
Acute treatment of migraine with ubrogepant leads to significantly greater rates of pain freedom at two hours than placebo

Ubrogepant Superior to Placebo for Migraine Pain Relief

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More participants reported pain freedom at two hours with 50-mg, 25-mg ubrogepant versus placebo