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Older adults with limited life expectancy frequently receive colorectal cancer screening

CRC Screening Among Older Adults Often Inappropriate

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Screening seen in more than half of adults aged 75 and older, with less than 10-year life expectancy
Most acute lung injury survivors have symptoms of general anxiety

Anxiety, Depression, PTSD Common After Acute Lung Injury

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More than half of survivors with any supra-threshold symptoms had co-occurrence of symptoms
All calories are not created equal and some foods are not as bad for weight management as many believe

Focus on Calories Versus Quality of Food Misdirected

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Researchers say it's not just about calories; some foods not as impactful on weight as thought
Allowing more emergency medical service workers to administer the prescription drug naloxone could reduce the number of overdose deaths caused by opioids

CDC: Expanding EMS Naloxone Use Will Save Lives

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CDC urges expansion of access to the prescription antidote among EMS personnel
With opioid abuse now linked to 142 cases of HIV in rural Indiana

National Health Alert Issued Over HIV Outbreak in Indiana

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More than 140 cases linked to injection drug use reported in rural Indiana
Concomitant use of metformin and histamine H2-receptor antagonists or proton pump inhibitors has the potential to induce vitamin B12 depletion and neuropathy

Concomitant Metformin, GERD Meds Up Vitamin B12 Depletion

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Concomitant use of these medications may result in B12 deficiency-induced neuropathy
Direct-to-consumer advertising of asthma medications is associated with increased emergency department utilization among commercially insured patients

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Asthma Meds Ups ER Use

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Advertising linked to increase in pharmacy sales; emergency room visits for commercially insured
One in 10 acute myocardial infarction patients without a previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) have underlying DM

One in 10 AMI Patients Have Unrecognized Incident Diabetes

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Few not recognized as having DM during hospitalization on meds six months after discharge
An abridged version of the 2015 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes has been produced for primary care physicians. The condensed guidelines were published in the April issue of Clinical Diabetes.

Abridged Standards of Care for Diabetes Developed for PCPs

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Abridged version specifically focuses on evidence-based recommendations for primary care
For patients with early Hodgkin's lymphoma who have negative findings on positron-emission tomography after three cycles of chemotherapy

Post-Chemo Radiation May Not Be Needed in Early Hodgkin’s

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For patients with negative PET after chemo, no further treatment was not noninferior to radiation