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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
Nearly all emergency department doctors recently surveyed said they order magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography scans their patients may not need

Majority of ER Doctors Admit Ordering Tests Defensively

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97 percent said they had patients undergo procedures that weren't medically needed
Therapeutic decisions for diabetes should be individualized

2015 Diabetes Standards Focus on Individualized Tx Approach

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2015 Standards for Diabetes Care focus on ethnic differences in risk, BP targets, treatment goals
Men who exercise the most have higher sexual function scores

Exercise Improves Men’s Sexual Function Regardless of Race

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Men who get the most physical activity report more erections, orgasms
Plasma α-tocopherol disappearance rates depend on lipid concentrations

α-Tocopherol Disappearance Depends on Lipids

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No age- or sex-related variation in fractional disappearance rates, α-tocopherol absorbed