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Experimental Ebola vaccine up to 100% effective
A single dose of experimental vaccine was highly effective at preventing Ebola infection in exposed individuals in Guinea and may be effective at...
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Drug-induced iron deficiency decreased congenital erythropoietic porphyria symptoms
After 2 months of deferasirox therapy, the patient’s serum ferritin level dropped to 16 ng/mL
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Osamu recalls tuna following 62 salmonella cases
Most salmonella victims of recent outbreak reported eating sushi made from raw tuna in the week prior to becoming sick, says the CDC.
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Pain, quality of life measures improve more in OA than RA after knee arthroplasty
RA and OA patients improved in almost all outcome measures of pain, function, and HRQoL after recovering from a TKA.
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Moderate THST was most effective at treating thyroid cancer
In all stages of thyroid cancer, moderate THST was associated with significantly improved overall survival and disease-free survival.
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Corpus callosum functioning, structural integrity impaired in some TBI patients
Half of the pediatric TBI patients studied had significantly slower interhemispheric transfer times than the control group.
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Patients’ web portals to access EHRs need improvement
Lack of usability “is a formidable barrier to achieving widespread use of [web] portals and other patient-facing technology, particularity for...
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Higher cardiorespiratory fitness linked with less depression in middle schoolers
Assessments of sixth graders showed strong cross-sectional associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and less depression in both males and...
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RAI given to thyroid CA patients does not increase their breast malignancy occurrence, recurrence
A study showed that radioactive iodine therapy did not significantly increase the incidence of breast cancer subsequent to the diagnosis of...
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Oral cholera vaccine reduced incidence of disease
Overall, the Shanchol vaccine’s effectiveness at protecting against cholera was 37% in the vaccination group and 45% in the vaccination plus...
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FDA probes safety of codeine-containing medicine in children
The FDA is trying to determine if it is safe for people under 18 years of age to treat coughs and colds with codeine-containing medicines.
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Preventive oral health visits to physicians associated with healthier teeth
Children who received no preventative oral health services from physicians had the most decayed, missing, and filled teeth.