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Screen time for children younger than 5 should be limited to one hour a day

WHO: No More Than One Hour of Screen Time a Day for Young Children

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WHO guidelines similar to recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Approximately one in nine pregnant women report drinking alcohol in the past 30 days

CDC: Drinking Alcohol Not Uncommon Among Pregnant Women

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Among pregnant women who report consuming alcohol, one-third report binge drinking
A new app can predict the likelihood that a patient will develop an incisional hernia following abdominal surgery

New App Aids Surgeons in Predicting Hernias After Abdominal Surgery

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Real-time risk score predicts incisional hernias following abdominal surgery
The odds of having a child with a minor birth defect are about five times higher for women veterans deployed during the Gulf War versus nondeployed women veterans

Minor Birth Defects Up in Progeny of Female Gulf War Veterans

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Higher prevalence seen for minor birth defects, including eye and musculoskeletal anomalies
The number of reported measles cases this year has reached 695

CDC: Number of U.S. Measles Cases Reaches New High

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The number -- 695 cases -- is the highest since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000
For adolescents and young adults

U.S. Death Rate From Drug Poisoning Up for Teens, Young Adults

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Significant increases seen in rates for whites, Asian/Pacific Islanders, blacks; in Midwest and Northeast
In a review published online April 25 in Cancer Epidemiology

Six Prognostic Factors ID’d for Invasive Disease After DCIS

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Six significant factors include African-American race, premenopausal status, detection by palpation
A machine learning process and clinical natural language processing can rapidly diagnose rare genetic diseases

Machine Learning Can Speed Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases in Children

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Automated, retrospective diagnoses concurred well with expert manual interpretation
Emergency medical diseases contribute to about half of mortality and two-fifths of the burden of diseases globally

Emergency Medical Diseases Account for About Half of Mortality

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31 emergency medical diseases contribute 50.7 percent of global mortality in 195 countries
Patients with recent stroke are rarely screened and treated for osteoporosis

Stroke Patients Infrequently Screened, Treated for Bone Loss

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5.1 percent of patients with stroke, 2.9 percent of those without prior testing had bone mineral density test