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In a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

Guidance Issued for Management of Fulminant Myocarditis

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Patients with fulminant myocarditis typically younger, healthier, present late or are recognized late
Among U.S. adults with a high school education or less

Increase in Minimum Wage May Lower Suicide Rate

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Findings seen among U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 years with a high school education or less
Open water regulations are associated with lower open water drowning death rates

Open Water Regulations Linked to Lower Drowning Death Rates

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Open water drowning death rates lower in states with more types of regulations in dose-response pattern
HIV-infected patients lose immunity to smallpox despite childhood vaccination and immune reconstitution with antiretroviral therapy

HIV+ Patients Lose Immunity to Smallpox Despite Vaccination

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Among HIV+ patients, there was a significant loss in vaccinia-specific CD4+ T cell memory
Starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected infants within hours of birth does not seem to result in a higher proportion of infants who attain and sustain viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy

Early Antiretroviral Therapy May Not Achieve HIV Remission in Infants

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Similar proportion of infants attain, sustain viral suppression when starting <48 hours, two to 14 days after birth
Cancer mortality is continuing to decline

Cancer Mortality Continuing to Drop, With Lung Cancer a Driver

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However, decreases in cancer mortality slowed for female breast cancer and CRC, ceased for prostate cancer
A physically and mentally active lifestyle may protect against frontotemporal dementia even in people at established genetic risk

Active Lifestyle May Slow Familial Frontotemporal Dementia

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Slower cognitive decline seen even in patients with genetic risk for familial frontotemporal dementia
From 2013 to 2018

CDC: Young Adults Who Ever Received HPV Vaccine on the Rise

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2013 to 2018 saw increase in percentage having received one or more doses, recommended number of doses
For patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Similar for Dialysis, Nondialysis Patients

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Maintenance dialysis patients have better acute survival, better odds of favorable neurological status
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be underreporting overdose deaths caused by opioids and other drugs

CDC Data May Be Underreporting Scope of Overdose Deaths

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Number of deaths in Florida 19 to 39 percent higher using Florida Medical Examiners Commission data