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Palliative care linked to increased length of stay and in-hospital death, decreased hospital charges

No subjective memory decline observed in association with cardiac surgery in older adults

Benefits for pain and physical function similar between opioids and nonopioid pain meds

Larger genital hiatus tied to higher pelvic organ prolapse risk, regardless of delivery mode

Homeless individuals hospitalized more often for mental illness, substance use disorder

Mortality rate lower for habitually active patients and for those who started exercising after diagnosis

U.S. Surgeon General issues a call to action for parents, teachers, and health professionals

Toxicity similar in two treatment groups at 24 months, but worse tumor control with cetuximab

Fewer than a third of normal-weight adults, 8 percent of overweight adults are metabolically healthy

Phase III trial shows significant improvements in wakefulness over 12 weeks

Median of two strips/day used by those taking agents not considered to be risk for causing hypoglycemia

Lowest risk seen for adherent patients receiving high-intensity statin and/or ezetimibe regimen

Barbers promoted follow-up with pharmacists, who prescribed blood pressure medication

Highest levels of contamination on practitioner stethoscopes, those in patient rooms

Routine screening should be integrated into well-child visits at 1, 2, 4, and 6 months of age

For solid organ cancers, the risk is greater among those receiving chemotherapy

Hazard ratios significantly increased for self-directed violence after initial visit for epilepsy, seizures

One-year mortality and admission lower for patients with follow-up care within seven days of discharge

Increase not linked to increase in subsequent RBC use, rehospitalization, mortality within six months