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Point-of-care decision support can help family physicians select imaging that lowers pediatric radiation exposure and is in accordance with current guidelines

Decision Support Can Help Family Doctors Cut Radiation Exposure

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Decrease in CT ordering for those who viewed guidelines, then reviewed radiation information
Increasing family physician comprehensiveness of care correlates with lower Medicare costs and hospitalizations

Comprehensiveness of PCP Care Tied to Costs, Hospitalizations

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Increasing family doctor comprehensiveness of care linked to lower Medicare costs, hospitalizations
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are now much more likely to survive the disease than they were several decades ago

Survival Improving for Women With Ovarian Cancer

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Women diagnosed today 50 percent less likely to die than they were in the 1970s
Federal action to protect the ozone layer has resulted in a dramatic increase in the cost of asthma inhalers in recent years

Chlorofluorocarbon Ban Tied to Sharp Rise in Inhaler Cost

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Price of albuterol medication nearly doubled
Patients with celiac disease are at increased risk for neuropathy

Increased Risk of Neuropathy Seen With Celiac Disease

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Researchers suggest screening people with neuropathy for celiac disease
Certain treatments may increase a childhood cancer survivor's risk of obesity later in life

Some Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk of Later Obesity

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Certain treatments linked to later weight gain
The Senza spinal cord stimulation system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs

FDA: Senza Device Relieves Spinal Pain Without Paresthesia

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Implanted device treats chronic back pain
The traits of a financially prepared female physician include having a retirement portfolio that is on track or ahead of schedule for age and career stage

AMA: Six Traits of Financially Prepared Female Physicians

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Traits include having retirement portfolio on track or ahead of schedule, having emergency fund
Obese patients taking warfarin have a higher risk of experiencing a bleeding event compared to their normal-weight counterparts

Higher Bleeding Risk for Obese Patients on Warfarin

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But exact reason why isn't known, researchers say
Universal critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) screening is expected to detect a considerable number of nonsyndromic CCHD cases

CCHD Screening Would Detect Many Nonsyndromic Cases

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However, equal number of false-negative screenings expected with universal screening