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Age, weight, use of oral corticosteroids associated with risk of height loss over five years

Reduction in Medicare spending associated with CPC was not enough to cover care management fees

Final guidance designed to assist in development of drugs for prophylaxis of inhalational anthrax

CustomFlex Artificial Iris improves light sensitivity and glare, cosmetic appearance of the eye

Environmental exposures explain only a small fraction of the variation in infections

For BRCA germline mutation carriers, better survival seen with platinum-based chemotherapy

Recommendations focus on policies to improve health outcomes, including training for clinicians

Based on data from four states, in 2015, 35.5 percent of adult stroke survivors used outpatient rehab

Trend toward increased heart failure risk seen with higher intake of animal, plant, total protein

Consumption-oriented policies effective independent of driver-oriented policies

Benefit of palliative radiation for bone metastasis across age groups; older age should not preclude tx

Many parents feel additional food labeling, allergy education, and stocking of epinephrine needed

Within two decades, many patients are likely to undergo routine cardiovascular genomic testing

Within 6 months of elevated HbA1c, rate of initiation 63 percent, rate of intensification 82 percent

Average-risk adults aged 45+ should undergo high-sensitivity stool-based test, structural exam

2.5 times inpatient cost, almost double outpatient cost, and almost triple the prescription meds cost

Concerns include increased chance of error versus talking on phone, in person

Active capsules and inactive placebos may have been packaged out of order

First oral medication approved for chronic use in moderate-to-severe active ulcerative colitis

Inverse association between early-life weight status and perceptual reasoning, working memory scores