Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are taking benzodiazepines have more than double the risk of suicide compared with patients who are not on those medications. Also today, the feds say that the ACA’s silver plan premiums will drop in 2019, bias in the clinical setting can impact patient care, and managing asthma in children mean that pets do not always have to go.
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