News From The Annals Of Family Medicine, May/June
Saturday, Dec. 31st 2011 6:40 AM
Acid-Suppressing Proton Pump Inhibitors Associated with Fracture Risk A meta-analysis of previous research into an unintended effect of acid suppression medications – some of the most widely used medications in the world – finds evidence that long-term use of proton pump inhibitors, but not H2-receptor antagonists, is associated with increased risk of fracture.
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- Youth Buffered Against Risk Factors Related To Drug Abuse By Healthy Family Relationships And Religious Involvement American-Indian adolescents continue to have the highest rates of illicit drug use among all ethnic groups. Although previous research has found that increasing adolescent exposure to protective factors can reduce their risk for substance abuse, this has not been thoroughly examined in American-Indian adolescents…...
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- Share of Cost, Medi-Cal, Link Between Acetaminophen Use In Adolescents And Doubled Risk Of Asthma New evidence linking the use of acetaminophen to development of asthma and eczema suggests that even monthly use of the drug in adolescents may more than double risk of asthma in adolescents compared to those who used none at all; yearly use was associated with a 50 percent increase in the risk of asthma....
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- Leading Corporate Disability Inclusion Practices – June 30 The Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN) will host a free webinar from 2 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern on June 30, 2011. During the webinar business leaders will talk about recruiting and hiring Veterans with disabilities and including people with disabilities as part of their diversity strategy. Check our share of cost site for additional […]...
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