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Many health care professionals work when they are sick

Despite Risk to Patients, Health Providers Often Work While Sick

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Main reason is not wanting to let colleagues, patients down
Adverse health behaviors in adolescence are only moderately associated with later musculoskeletal pain in adulthood

Adolescent Lifestyle Not Strongly Tied to Later Muscular Pain

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Smoking, alcohol use, overweight/obesity weakly tied to later pain
An adapted Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention significantly improves cardiovascular disease-related risk factors among participants

Adapted Diabetes Prevention Program Deemed Effective

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Older adults more compliant, but significant outcomes improved across ages
Additional years of secondary schooling provide a cost-effective HIV prevention measure in Botswana

Additional Years of Secondary Schooling Can Cut HIV Risk

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Secondary school represents cost-effective intervention for HIV prevention in Botswana
About half of cardiovascular deaths could be prevented in U.S. adults if five major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors were eliminated

CVD Risk Factor Levels Too High, Even in Best-Performing States

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About half of cardiovascular deaths could be prevented with elimination of five major risk factors
Weight loss of 5 percent or more

Weight Loss + Vitamin D3 Cuts IL-6 in Postmenopausal Women

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Reduction in inflammatory biomarkers among women with BMI >25 kg/m², low serum 25(OH)D
Athletes should listen to their body and drink water only when thirsty to prevent exercise-associated hyponatremia or "water intoxication." The new guidelines were developed at the International Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia Consensus Development Conference in Carlsbad

Endurance Athletes Should Only Drink When Thirsty, Experts Say

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Consuming excess fluids can lead to dangerous drop in sodium levels
A once-daily dose of 3.0 mg liraglutide

Once-Daily 3.0 mg Liraglutide Tied to Reduction in Body Weight

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Beneficial effect for once-daily subcutaneous injection, together with lifestyle counseling
An α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analog

Afamelanotide Beneficial in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

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Improvement in number of hours of direct exposure to sunlight without pain, quality of life
Statin use is associated with decreased aggression in men and increased aggression in women

Impact of Statins on Aggression Varies by Sex

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Statins generally decrease aggression in men, increase aggression in postmenopausal women