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Depressive symptoms seem to be associated with coronary artery calcium in older men and women

Depressive Symptoms Linked to Coronary Artery Calcium

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Negative association with CAC severity in women; nonlinear U-shaped association for men
Youths treated with antipsychotics have increased cumulative risk and exposure-adjusted incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Antipsychotic-Exposed Youths Have Increased T2DM Risk

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Increased cumulative risk and incidence rate ratio compared with healthy controls, psychiatric controls
New survey results suggest that teenagers who go to tanning salons are more likely to smoke

Higher Substance Use Found Among Teens Who Tan

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Found more likely to smoke, drink, and use illegal drugs and steroids
As insurers place increasing emphasis on evaluating physicians based on quality measures

Guidelines Provided for Correct Way to Dismiss Patients

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Practices should develop specific policy for provider-patient termination
Physicians facing death are less likely to demand aggressive care

Physicians Choose Less Aggressive Care at End of Life

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Doctors less likely to die in a hospital, have surgery, and to be admitted to the ICU
For patients with dementia

Traditional Foods Can Bring Joy to Dementia Patients

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Traditional foods create feeling of belonging and joy; boost patients' sense of well-being
Patient satisfaction scores are influenced by the design and implementation of patient surveys

Design of Physician Satisfaction Surveys Affects Results

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Author makes recommendations for improving the accuracy and utility of scores
Greater transparency is being promoted in clinical research

Greater Transparency Being Promoted in Research

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Move toward greater transparency has extended beyond medication products to other interventions
The challenges facing trauma care providers can put them at risk for compassion fatigue and burnout

Compassion Fatigue May Be Underestimated by Trauma Teams

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Acknowledging it is a key to coping, researchers say
U.S. researchers are challenging a leading theory about the nation's heroin epidemic

Pathway to Heroin Described in NEJM Commentary

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Initial exposure to opioids appears to 'push' potential addicts to heroin