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Survivors of major trauma have an elevated risk for mental health conditions or death by suicide in the five years after injury

Mental Health Conditions, Suicide Up After Major Trauma

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Rise seen in postinjury rate of mental health diagnoses; suicide rate higher than population average
Calcified nodules in retinal drusen are linked to disease progression in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Calcified Nodules in Drusen May Signal Progression of AMD

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Use of imaging to analyze these nodules could guide strategies for tx of age-related macular degeneration
Data from patient- and family-reported error narratives indicate that problems related to patient-physician interactions are major contributors to diagnostic errors

Patient Experiences Shed Light on Diagnostic Errors

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Problems related to patient-physician interactions contribute to diagnostic errors
For patients with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Recurrence Rate Not Up With Autologous Fat Transfer

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Reconstruction with autologous fat transfer seems not to increase rate of locoregional recurrence
The number of Americans with tickborne diseases reached a record high of nearly 60

CDC: Record Number of Tickborne Disease Cases in U.S. Last Year

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Most of those cases were Lyme disease
By collecting data on suicides by medical students

AMA to Collect Data on Suicide Among Doctors-in-Training

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Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem
JUUL Labs

Under Pressure, JUUL Withdraws Most Flavored E-Cigs From Market

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Company is also shutting down Facebook and Instagram accounts in the United States
A healthy lifestyle for lowering cholesterol should be emphasized for reducing cardiovascular risk across the life course

AHA: Guidelines Stress Healthy Lifestyle for Lowering Cholesterol

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LDL-C should be reduced with high-intensity or maximally tolerated statin therapy
There is an urgent need for blood and platelet donations in the United States because donations during September and October fell 21

Red Cross Issues Urgent Call for Blood Ahead of the Holidays

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More than 4,300 blood drives needed to stop the shortage from continuing throughout the winter
Cases of a mysterious polio-like illness continue to mount in the United States

CDC Probe Continues as Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Rise

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252 patients currently under investigation for AFM, an increase of 33 patients since last week