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Substance use disorders are associated with conversion from schizotypal disorder to schizophrenia

Substance Use Disorders Linked to Conversion to Schizophrenia

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Cannabis, amphetamine, opioid use disorders all linked to conversion from schizotypal disorder
Postpartum care should become an ongoing process rather than a single visit in order to optimize the health of women and infants

ACOG Committee Recommends Better, Ongoing Postpartum Care

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Provider contact within three weeks, comprehensive follow-up by 12 weeks rather than single visit
For children with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 disease

AAN: Cerliponase Alfa Beneficial for Form of Batten’s Disease

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Reduced decline in motor, language function in children with CLN2 compared with historical controls
For patients with ischemic stroke

Tenecteplase Appears Superior to Alteplase After Ischemic Stroke

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Tenecteplase within 4.5 hours after symptoms linked to higher reperfusion, better functional outcomes
A proactive speech and language pathology program is beneficial for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Proactive Swallowing Rehab Program Helpful in Phalangeal CA

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Increase in pretreatment evaluations and in the rate of referral; reduction in feeding tube placement
Children with multiple exposures to anesthesia before age 3 are more likely to develop adverse outcomes related to learning and attention

Multiple Anesthesia Exposures Affect Learning and Attention

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Adverse outcomes more likely to develop in children with multiple exposures before age 3
U.S. hospitals will have to post their standard prices online and make it easier for patients to access their electronic medical records

Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online

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Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
Patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) have morphologic changes in the brain

Restless Brain Syndrome Tied to Changes in the Brain

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Morphological differences seen in the primary somatosensory system
Patients with opioid use disorder seem to have a high rate of suicide

People With Opioid Use Disorder Have High Suicide Rate

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Based on data from multiple sources, many opioid-overdose deaths seem to be suicides
For HIV-infected women and their infants

Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes No Higher With TDF-FTC-LPV/r

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Risk not higher compared with ZDV-3TC-LPV/r or TDF-FTC-ATV/r in HIV-infected women in the U.S.