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• To End Slavery, Free 10,000 People a Day for a Decade, Report Says
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Asia-Pacific Meth Drug Trade Worth Up to $61 Billion, U.N. Says Transnational crime groups are trafficking vast quantities of methamphetamine made in Southeast Asia, the United Nations said on Thursday, putting the value of the Asia-Pacific market for the drug between $30.3 billion and $61.4 billion.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to Stay Behind Bars, Loses Appeal of Conviction A federal appeals court upheld the conviction and seven-year prison term of Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive known as "Pharma Bro," for defrauding investors in his hedge funds and conspiring to manipulate the stock of Retrophin Inc, a biotechnology company he ran.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Connectivity of Brain Pain Networks Changes With Antidepressant Treatment The functional connectivity of brain networks associated with the experience of pain changes with antidepressant treatment of adults with persistent depressive disorder, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Disturbed Eating Behaviors Linked to Worse Self-Management in Type 1 Diabetes Disturbed eating behaviors (DEB) in adolescents and emerging adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult care are associated with worse diabetes self-management, according to a longitudinal study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Young Men 'Benefit' in Later Years When Teen Pregnancy Ends in Abortion When young women use abortion services, the adolescent men who avoid becoming teenaged fathers go on to have better educational and financial futures than peers who do become teen fathers, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Recent Cannabis Use Tied to Memory Deficits, Slowed Mental Processing People who have recently used cannabis may be more likely to experience memory deficits or difficulties with cognitive function than those who don't use the drug, a recent study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Women Doctors Skip Conferences Because of Family Responsibilities Female oncologists are more likely than their male colleagues to skip scientific meetings that could offer networking opportunities and a chance to catch up with the latest developments in their field, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Night Shifts, Long Hours Linked to Miscarriages and Preterm Births Pregnant women who work nights or long hours may be more likely to have a miscarriage or preterm delivery than mothers with day jobs, a research review suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Medicare Shared Savings Program Stays Stable Despite More Risk Providers are more willing to take on financial risk than some expected, CMS chief says, but critics of the program are still expressing concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Health Insurers Make It Easy for Scammers to Steal Millions Health insurers are regarded as fierce defenders of health care dollars. But the case of David Williams shows one reason America's health care costs continue to rise. The personal trainer spent years posing as a doctor and billing the nation's top insurers, making off with millions.
  ProPublica, July 2019
• After #MeToo, U.S. Women Seen Reporting Less Workplace Harassment
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Epithelial Response to Butyrate Diminished in Active IBD The epithelial response to butyrate in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is diminished, but only in the presence of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), researchers from Spain report.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2019
• Brain 'Go and Stop' Response May Hone ADHD Diagnosis in Kids The ability to start and delay a task differs significantly between kids with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and typically developing children, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AI Predicts Long-term Death Risk From Single Chest X-ray Using a single diagnostic image, a new artificial intelligence algorithm predicts 12-year mortality, new data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019Frequent Sleeping Pill Use Linked to Increased Dementia Risk Adults who reported taking sleep meds 5 or more nights per month had a 43% greater risk of developing dementia over 15 years vs their peers who rarely took sleeping pills.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AHS 2019More Evidence Links Maternal Migraine to Infant Colic Mothers, but not fathers, with migraine are significantly more likely to have a baby with colic, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• New Guidance on Antipsychotic Choice Choosing the best antipsychotic for individual patients with schizophrenia is challenging. A new meta-analysis seeks to inform that choice by ranking 32 antipsychotics on the basis of efficacy and safety.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Bankrupt Hospital Leaves Physicians, Nurses in the Lurch The impending closure of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia is sending shockwaves not only through its clinicians but through the wider community, too.
  July 2019
• AAIC 2019'Striking' Benefit of Intranasal Insulin in Slowing Dementia Extension trial showed striking results at 18 months in patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia using a particular insulin delivery device.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019