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New guidelines can enable successful physician hospital relationships and integrated leadership

AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships

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Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
More than one in four children in the United States are exposed to weapon-related violence -- as a victim or witness -- which increases their risk for mental health problems

Exposure to Guns, Knives Ups Trauma Symptoms in Children

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Even witnessing such incidents carries long-term consequences, researchers say
Implementation of standardized communication processes can improve the reliability of verbal communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at hospital discharge

Intervention Boosts Hospital Discharge Communication

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Process standardization increased percentage of calls initiated within 24 hours of discharge
Healthy adolescents may have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

Healthy Teens Exhibit Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction

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Significant drop in forced expiratory volume in one second reported for 17.8 percent of teens
Nine states have enacted the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact law

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed

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Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
Fewer unmarried American men are becoming first-time fathers

CDC: Fewer Single Young Men Becoming First-Time Fathers

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Rate of first-time dads having child out of wedlock fell from 1980s to 2000s
The evidence-based family therapy program Behavioral Family Systems Therapy for Diabetes improves both diabetes health outcomes and depressive symptoms among adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Therapy Program Improves Teens’ Diabetes, Depression

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Family program is effective whether delivered in clinic or via videoconferencing
Melanoma incidence has increased by 253 percent among U.S. children and young adults since the 1970s

ASCO: Melanoma Rates on the Rise for U.S. Youth

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Women account for two-thirds of cases, likely due to unsafe tanning
Infants born to mothers taking antidepressants in late pregnancy may be slightly more likely to develop persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Risk to Infant From SSRI Use in Late Pregnancy Deemed Small

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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn risk similar to women with untreated depression
Breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of childhood leukemia compared to the risk for children who were never breastfed

Breastfeeding Tied to Lower Odds of Childhood Leukemia

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One more potential benefit for breastfed babies, research suggests