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Risk prediction models with 16 characteristics may predict mortality risk in older adults with chronic kidney disease. The findings were published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Models May Predict Two-Year Mortality Risk for CKD Patients

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Risk prediction models may be helpful in directing prognosis and treatment decisions
Primary care practices have multiple perceived inefficiencies in activities that occur pre-visit

Perceived Inefficiencies Rife in Primary Care

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Inefficiencies reported in activities that occur pre-visit, during visits, post-visit
For obese adults

Binge Eating Linked to Comorbidities in Obese Adults

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BED linked to risk of specific comorbidities, but associations not statistically significant
There are no significant differences in outcomes or processes of care for U.S. hospitals with policies allowing for family presence during resuscitation compared with hospitals without this policy

Outcome Not Affected by Family Presence During Resuscitation

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No significant differences in outcomes of processes of care for hospitals with versus without FPDR
Medicaid expansion is associated with an increase in diabetes diagnosis

Newly Identified Diabetes Up With Medicaid Expansion

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Twenty-three percent increase in newly identified diabetes in 26 states that expanded Medicaid
For older patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Short Hospital Stays Don’t Impair STEMI Outcomes in Seniors

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Similar outcomes with discharge after 48 hours and for patients who stay in hospital for four, five days
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FDA Approves New Treatment for Anthrax

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FDA cites preparedness for intentional release of anthrax
Repeated use of certain antibiotics may increase a person's risk for type 2 diabetes

Greater Use of Antibiotics Tied to Higher Odds of Diabetes

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Data on one million people suggest a higher risk of the illness linked to changes in gut microbes
Doctors are not telling a majority of their patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's that they have the degenerative brain disease

Doctors May Not Be Informing of Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

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Only 45 percent of people with Alzheimer's or their caregivers say they were told of the diagnosis
Using stents rather than medication alone to keep narrowed arteries open in the brain may actually increase patients' risk of stroke

Meds Not Stents in Patients With Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

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Use of medical therapy appears safer for narrowed brain arteries, researchers say