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• Recurrent Users of ER at Higher Risk of Death and Admission

• Ultrasound Device Reduces the Number of Tests Required for Inpatients and Outpatients

• Innovative Device Provides for Faster Skin Biopsies

• No Standard Treatment for Extreme Premature Babies

• Another Study Confirms Strong Statin-Diabetes Link

• Novel Ventilator Frees Dependence on Wall Outlets

• Dissolvable Surgical Clip Improves Diagnostic Imaging

• Drug Resistant Bacteria Common in Nursing Home Residents

• WHO Adopts New Safety Needle Policy

• Electronic Salt Spoon Helps Reduce Salt Intake

• Older Adults Accept Dementia Telephone Screening

• New ICD Provides Maximum Energy on First Shock

• Electronic Pill Helps Combat Obesity Eating Disorders

• Corneal Ring Implant Improves Near Vision

• Novel Device Eases the Pain of Injections

• Preventing Unnecessary Radiotherapy for Patients with Early-Stage Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

• Half of Older US Adults Now Take Aspirin

• Patient-Specific Diabetes Report Helps Understand Test Results and Implement Recommendations

• Video System Monitors Patients’ Vital Signs

• Multidrug-Resistant Shigellosis Spreads Throughout the United States

• New Surface Selection Algorithm Helps Prevent Pressure Ulcers

• Alternating Antibiotics Eliminate Drug-Resistant Bacteria

• Innovative Monitor Advances Safety of IV Therapy