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For older adults with subthreshold depression

Collaborative Care Cuts Depressive Symptoms in Seniors

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Among older adults with subthreshold depression, collaborative care linked to decrease in PHQ-9 scores
Many adults expect their optometrist to ask about smoking and diet habits

Diet, Tobacco Counseling Feasible During Optometry Visits

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Nearly 75% of adults surveyed indicated feeling comfortable talking to optometrist about these issues
For overweight

Weight Loss of 10% Beneficial in Overweight, Not Obese, With DM

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Five-year follow-up shows reduction in glucose-lowering medications, lower HbA1c, improved QoL
Nonelderly cancer survivors are more likely to report changes in prescription drug use for financial reasons than individuals without a cancer history

Cancer Survivors Likely to Change Rx Drug Use for Financial Reasons

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Among nonelderly individuals, recently, previously diagnosed survivors more likely to change rx meds
Survival is 79 percent for neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia undergoing surgical repair

Survival 79 Percent for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

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Survival 89 percent for those who did not need ECMO, versus 75 percent for those who received ECMO
Isolation precautions are infrequently used for nursing home residents with multidrug-resistant organism infection

Nursing Homes Rarely Use Isolation for Drug-Resistant Bugs

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Locomotion and eating support are characteristics positively associated with isolation use
Use of ultrasonography as initial imaging for suspected nephrolithiasis in the emergency department may encourage less computerized tomography

Ultrasound OK As Initial Imaging for ID of Nephrolithiasis in ER

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No delay to intervention or impact on procedure type with ultrasonography as initial imaging
Anaortic off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (anOPCABG) is associated with reduced risk of postoperative stroke compared with other CABG techniques

Anaortic Off-Pump CABG Tied to Reduced Risk of Post-Op Stroke

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AnOPCABG linked to reduced risk of mortality, renal failure, bleeding complications, atrial fibrillation
Oral ciprofloxacin is effective for the treatment of human plague

Oral Ciprofloxacin Effective for Treatment of Human Plague

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Successful treatment in 5 cases of culture-confirmed human plague, including 1 case of pneumonic plague
The semen of an Ebola virus disease survivor with preexisting HIV still tested positive for Ebola virus RNA long after recovery from the disease

HIV Coinfection May Play Role in Survival of Ebola RNA in Semen

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Case report of EVD survivor with preexisting HIV whose semen was positive 565 days after recovery