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Politics, prejudice, inconsistent policies wreak havoc with obesity treatment costs
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Exercise dampens aromatase inhibitor–related joint pain
Major finding: Breast cancer patients experienced a 30% reduction in aromatase inhibitor–related joint pain, with pain scores going from moderate...
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Dasatinib gives letrozole a boost in HR-positive advanced breast cancer
Major finding: Adding dasatinib to letrozole did not improve the clinical benefit rate, but it more than doubled median progression-free survival...
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Palm lines predict worse outcomes in atopic dermatitis
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Meta-analysis: Statins beneficial, even after age 75
Major finding: While the relative risk reduction provided by statin therapy in patients over age 75 is smaller than in younger age groups, the...
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Psychoeducation, compliance contracts curb postsurgery alcohol abuse
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Radiotherapy can be omitted for many older breast cancer patients
Major finding: The 5-year ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence rate in a selected population of older women undergoing breast-conserving surgery...
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Statin in childhood reduces CHD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia
Major finding: At age 30, the cardiovascular event rate in 214 Dutch patients with FH who began statin therapy as children or adolescents was zero...
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Anakinra showed benefits in diastolic heart failure
Major finding: Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction showed a significant 8% placebo-subtracted gain in peak oxygen...
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Healthy diet after diabetes diagnosis improves survival
Major finding: Women who placed in the top quintile for a healthy eating pattern following their diagnosis of type 2 diabetes had all-cause and...
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Urinary tract injury incidence during laparoscopic hysterectomy pegged at 1.3%
Major finding: Among 3,523 laparoscopic hysterectomies performed from 2001 to 2012, the incidence of urinary tract injury was 1.3%.Data source: A...