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Primary care practices may be relying on advanced practitioners to accommodate new Medicaid beneficiaries following the passage of the Affordable Care Act

Nonphysican Practitioners Filling Post-ACA Primary Care Gap

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New Medicaid beneficiaries seeing nurse practitioners, physician assistants
A bill to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients and lower federal and state health costs has been introduced by two U.S. senators.

Senate Bill Would Reduce Drug Costs for Seniors

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Bill would limit drug copays for people with Medicare Part D by capping annual out-of-pocket costs
Individuals with low- or intermediate-risk monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance can experience progression to multiple myeloma within five years

MGUS Can Progress to Multiple Myeloma Within Five Years

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Risk factors associated with progression include IgA isotype, 15 g/L or more monoclonal spike
Patients with rejected or abandoned prescriptions for proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 inhibitors have a significantly increased risk for cardiovascular events than those with paid prescriptions

CV Event Risk Up With Rejected, Abandoned PCSK9i Prescriptions

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Rejection rates higher for PCSK9i prescriptions for women, racial minorities, lower-income groups
For women with recurrent stress urinary incontinence

Reoperation Rate Down With Retropubic Sling for Incontinence

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Cumulative incidence of reoperation significantly lower versus transobturator sling
Shorter time to endovascular-reperfusion therapy is associated with improved outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion

Initiating Stroke Tx 15 Minutes Earlier Can Improve Outcomes

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Findings seen in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with endovascular-reperfusion therapy
Statistical models demonstrate how targeting certain air pollutants could reduce the incidence of childhood asthma

Reducing Air Pollution Could Cut Rates of Childhood Asthma

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Compliance with hypothetical standard of 20 ppb NO2 estimated to result in 20 percent reduction in asthma
Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the risk for gastric cancer after treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection

T2DM Increases Gastric Cancer Risk After H. Pylori Eradication

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Targeted screening should be considered in high-risk patients following H. pylori eradication therapy
For youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Stimulant Treatment Has Strong Protective Effect in ADHD

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Number needed to treat was low and varied from three to 10 for youth with ADHD
One in five nonsmoking workers report exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke at work

One in Five Workers Exposed to Secondhand Smoke on the Job

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Prevalence highest for those working in industries with outdoor workplaces unprotected by smoke-free laws