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Providers can take steps to prevent NPI identity theft and resulting health care fraud

Exposure in non-smoking adolescents linked to increased risk of ED and/or urgent care visits

Adhering to ‘secure, preserve, fight’ strategy recommended for areas with vulnerable patients

But catch-up doses not effective against CIN for women who initiated vaccination at 21 to 26 years

More than twice as many HDHP enrollees in small versus large firms lack employer-funded accounts

Few differences between rural, urban patients in cancer outcomes with uniform access to cancer care

Spinal manipulative therapy plus exercise more effective than exercise alone over one-year period

One monitor detected hypoxemia, but was inconsistent; second never detected hypoxemia

Practices should conduct risk analysis to evaluate product deficiencies, create corrective measures

Findings from open-label, phase 2 study in patients with melanoma and untreated brain metastases

No significant drop in postpartum hemorrhage of 500 ml or more for women receiving oxytocin

Treatments are ZMapp, Remdesivir, Favipiravir, and Regn3450 – 3471 – 3479

Those with good memories of gym class more likely to be currently engaging in physical activity

Findings compared to routine, selective lymphadenectomy for low-risk endometrial cancer

Incidence of pADEs is zero to 17 per 1,000 patient-days for children in general pediatric wards

Those who exercised had 1.49 fewer days of poor mental health in past month vs. those who did not

Aedes aegypti mosquito, which may carry the Zika virus or dengue fever. Photo courtesy CDC. Men trying to conceive should wait three months or more before engaging in unprotected sex

Nearly half of presumed sudden cardiac deaths are not autopsy-defined sudden arrhythmic deaths

Those who perceived that they received hypnosis had significantly reduced fatigue and anxiety

Appeals center on relevance of consent, known risks and complications presented at trial