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Prescription drug monitoring program may not cut opioid use

August 27, 2018 cut, drug, may, monitoring, not, Opioid, Prescription?, program, Use

(HealthDay)—Implementation of a mandatory prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) does not necessarily reduce the overall rate of opioid prescribing or

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Alzheimer’s one day may be predicted during eye exam

August 23, 2018 Alzheimer's, be, Day, during, exam, eye, may, ONE, predicted

It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer’s disease using an eye exam. Using technology similar

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Vitamin B-3 may treat and prevent acute kidney injury

August 21, 2018 acute, and, B-3, injury, kidney, may, prevent, treat, Vitamin

In acute kidney injury, the kidneys suddenly stop functioning — usually as a result of complications during hospitalization. Approximately 10

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As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well

August 17, 2018 As, Blood, body, increases, index, mass, may, pressure, well

Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7 million Chinese men and

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Palliative care may reduce suicide risk in veterans with lung cancer

August 10, 2018 cancer, care, in, lung, may, Palliative, reduce, risk, suicide, veterans, with

Results from a large-scale patient population study, recently published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, reveal palliative care

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Estrogen may protect against depression after heart attack

August 10, 2018 after, against, attack, Depression, Estrogen, heart, may, protect

Estrogen may protect against heart failure-related depression by preventing the production of inflammation-causing chemicals in the brain. The study is

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Screening women veterans with fibromyalgia for childhood abuse may improve treatment

August 8, 2018 Abuse, Childhood, Fibromyalgia, for, improve, may, screening, treatment, veterans, with, women

A new study has shown that women Veterans being treated for fibromyalgia exhibit high rates of childhood abuse. Fibromyalgia is

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Spider venom may help treat a serious form of epilepsy

August 8, 2018 A, epilepsy, form, help, may, of, serious, spider, treat, venom

Dravet syndrome “is a severe form of epilepsy” that typically appears during the first 12 months of life. Seizures, which

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Ciprofloxacin May Up Likelihood of Aortic Dissection, Rupture

August 3, 2018 Aortic, Ciprofloxacin, Dissection, Likelihood, may, of, Rupture, up

FRIDAY, Aug. 3, 2018 — In a mouse model of moderate, sporadic aortic aneurysm and dissection (AAD), ciprofloxacin increases susceptibility

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Single threshold may not be feasible for gestational diabetes

August 2, 2018 be, Diabetes, feasible, for, gestational, may, not, single, threshold

(HealthDay)—Uniform application of gestational diabetes mellitus diagnostic thresholds may not be appropriate in populations across the world, according to a