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Greater abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) severity

Disc Degeneration Tied to Severe Abdominal Aortic Calcification

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Higher mortality rates for highest tertile of overall grade score for abdominal aortic calcification
Good communication is the key to resolving conflicts between the tests and treatment a patient may want based on online searches and those a physician believes are necessary

Guidance Offered to Help Doctors Deal With ‘Dr. Google’

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Communication is key to resolving conflicts when patients have requests based on online searching
A new Health Care Index shows increases in consumer costs

New Health Care Index Reports Increases in Consumer Costs

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Increase in coverage by public insurance plans, but increasing number of consumers have deductibles
Among high-risk women undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening

MRI Findings May Help Predict Development of Breast Cancer

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Finding suggests scans may have value beyond detection
Certain treatments may increase a childhood cancer survivor's risk of obesity later in life

Some Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk of Later Obesity

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Certain treatments linked to later weight gain
Patients with celiac disease are at increased risk for neuropathy

Increased Risk of Neuropathy Seen With Celiac Disease

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Researchers suggest screening people with neuropathy for celiac disease
Federal action to protect the ozone layer has resulted in a dramatic increase in the cost of asthma inhalers in recent years

Chlorofluorocarbon Ban Tied to Sharp Rise in Inhaler Cost

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Price of albuterol medication nearly doubled
Neonatal vitamin A supplementation is associated with increased long-term risk of atopy in females

Lasting Atopy Risk in Females With Neonatal Vitamin A Rx

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Increased risk of atopy and wheezing for females, but not males, in long-term follow-up
Muscle inflammation susceptibility status seems to be able to predict recovery after total hip arthroplasty

Muscle Inflammation Susceptibility Predicts THA Recovery

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MuIS status may be a prognostic index for muscle recovery after total hip arthroplasty
Living kidney donors incur moderate costs related to the completion of donation evaluation

Moderate Costs Incurred by Living Kidney Donors

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Longer distance traveled to transplant center significantly linked to higher total costs