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Treating Kids' Sleep Apnea Can Improve Brain Function
Major Finding: Ratios of N-acetyl aspartate to choline in the frontal cortex of children with obstructive sleep apnea normalized after treatment,...
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Teens' First-Time Substance Use Rises in Summer Months
Major Finding: In June and July, the daily average rates of first-time alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among adolescents are 11,000, 5,000,...
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Vismodegib Blocks Hedgehog-Expressing Pancreatic Cancer
Major Finding: Initial treatment with vismodegib followed by standard chemotherapy with gemcitabine yielded a 3-month progression-free survival...
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Metformin May Reduce Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Metformin use reduced the risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by nearly 60%, compared with nonmetformin use.
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Insomnia Drug Helps Patients Sleep Sooner, Longer
Major Finding: Patients taking 40 mg of suvorexant reported a 25-minute reduction in the time it took them to fall asleep and an increase of more...
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Skimping on Sleep May Increase Stroke Risk
Major Finding: The hazard ratio for stroke symptoms among healthy, normal-weight adults who report fewer than 6 hours of sleep nightly was 2.93...
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Quality of Life Undiminished by Telaprevir in Chronic Hepatitis C
Major Finding: After adjustment for age and sex in treatment-naive chronic HCV patients, the baseline mean index values for health-related quality...
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Statins Appear Safe, Even Beneficial, in Cirrhosis
Major Finding: Among patients with advanced liver disease, the hepatic decompensation rate was 38.2% in patients on statin therapy and 50.6% in...
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MRSA Nasal Colonization Predicts MRSA Site Infection in GI Surgery
Major Finding: The surgical site infection rate following major gastrointestinal surgery was 13.7% among patients with positive nasal swab results...
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Rise in Adolescent NAFLD Outpacing Obesity
Major Finding: Among obese adolescents, elevated ALT levels rose from 16.7% in 1988 to 36.9% in 2008. Data Source: A retrospective analysis of...