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Having a pharmacist at bedside during acute ischemic stroke is associated with significantly shorter door-to-needle times

Pharmacist Participation in Stroke Response Cuts Door➜Needle Time

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Pharmacist helps reduces DTN time by median 23.5 min; ups percent of patients meeting ≤60 min goal
The risk of psychotic experiences is increased with cannabis use during adolescence

Risk of Psychotic Experiences Up With Teen Cannabis Use

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Risk also increased with early-onset cigarette-only use, but correlation attenuated after adjustment
Patient reminder and recall systems seem to be effective for improving receipt of immunizations

Reminder, Recall Systems Improve Immunization Uptake

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Based on high certainty evidence, postcards, text messages, auto-dialer improve receipt of vaccines
A multi-analyte blood test

Blood Test Found to Detect Eight Common Cancer Types

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Sensitivities of 69 to 98 percent for detecting ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus cancers
For patients with autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia

LDL-C Still High in Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia

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Increase in use of high-intensity statin, ezetimibe; only 23.1 percent reach LDL-C of <100mg/dL
The probability of employment has increased in recent years among patients initiating dialysis but is still low

Increase in Employment Among Patients Starting Dialysis

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Employment low overall at 23 to 24 percent but increased 4.7 percent from 1996-2001 to 2008-2013
An interactive

Interactive Simulation Can Affect Activity Intentions in T2DM

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Increased participant intentions to exercise with walking a week after completing intervention
For adolescents with depression who declined or quickly stopped using antidepressants

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cost-Effective in Depressed Teens

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CBT associated with lower costs in adolescents who declined or quit taking antidepressants
Almost one in four stillbirths are potentially preventable

Almost One in Four Stillbirths Potentially Preventable

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Placental insufficiency was cause of most cases of potentially preventable stillbirth
A gene expression profile test to predict risk of breast cancer recurrence is less cost-effective in real-world practice as compared to ideal conditions

Breast Cancer Genetic Test Less Cost-Effective in Actual Practice

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Oncotype DX less cost-effective in real-world practice than under ideal conditions