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About 1.7 million women of childbearing age are prescribed Food and Drug Administration Category D or Category X medications each year. However, despite label warnings, about 6% of U.S. pregnancies occur in women taking medications with known teratogenic risk.
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A new report emphasizes the need to energize efforts to reach the potential of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to save lives and prevent millions of avoidable cancers and HPV-related conditions in men and women.
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In women surviving to older ages, diet quality at midlife appears to be strongly associated with a greater likelihood of not having mental and physical limitations.
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Colicky children given probioitics had more fussing, as per sub-group analyses than children given placebo. In addition, probiotics did not affect the amount of time spent crying.
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Breast cancer survivors participating in a 12-week yoga program reported decreased fatigue, increased vitality, and improved sleep on multiple scoring systems, but no impact on depressive symptoms. Increased time spent doing yoga led to greater improvements in inflammation, mood, and fatigue.
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Investigators combined multiple meta-analyses to assess the relative effectiveness of drug therapy and exercise in reducing mortality from specific causes. Exercise produced a comparable or better effect for all causes.
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Patient access areas are increasing seeing patients with high-deductible health plans. Significant revenue is at stake if the unmet deductible is not collected.
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Many patients will be unable to pay
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