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An application using the photoplethysmography signal

ACC: Photoplethysmography Signal Can Detect Diabetes

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AUC 0.722 for predicting prevalent diabetes in test dataset; negative predictive value 97 percent
Women with gestational diabetes mellitus have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular events postpartum

GDM Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Event Risk Postpartum

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In analysis restricted to women who did not develop T2DM, GDM still linked to increased risk
Smoking a water pipe is addictive and can increase the risk for initiating cigarette smoking

Water Pipe Tobacco Smoking Addictive, Harmful to the Heart

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Water pipe tobacco smokers are exposed to level of nicotine that is physiologically active in short term
For hyperphosphatemic patients with chronic kidney disease receiving maintenance hemodialysis

Tenapanor Reduces Elevated Serum Phosphate in CKD

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Adverse events limited to softened stool, modest increase in bowel movement freqeuncy
Almost half of elderly patients newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia do not receive treatment

Only About Half of Elderly Newly Diagnosed With ALL Receive Tx

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53.5 percent receive treatment within 90 days; 32.4 percent receive chemo without tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Women with multiple sclerosis seem not to suffer from pregnancy-related relapses in the early postpartum period

AAN: No Increased MS Relapse Risk in Postpartum Period

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Annual relapse rate 0.39 before pregnancy, dropped during pregnancy, rebounded by four to six months
A history of weight cycling

History of Cycling Weight May Up Risk for Heart Disease in Women

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Yo-yo dieting associations with cardiovascular disease stronger in women with no pregnancy history
Preoperative imaging

Surgery for Uncomplicated Appendicitis Typically Yields Satisfactory Outcomes

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Current surgical practice in U.S. adults involves presurgery imaging, laparoscopic approach
Communication between hospitals and home health care is suboptimal

Home Health Clinicians Frequently Lack Access to Hospital Records

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Additionally, patients often not prepared with realistic expectations to receive home health care
Treatment with dasotraline (4 mg/day) significantly improves attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children aged 6 to 12 years

Dasotraline Promising for the Treatment of ADHD in Children

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Once-daily dosing tolerable, may lessen side effects