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Continuous Glucose Monitoring Offers No Pregnancy Benefit
Major Finding: Macrosomia affected 45% of mothers with diabetes who had continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy and 34% of those who did...
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...
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Insulin Degludec Edges Glargine on Hypoglycemia Rate
Major Finding: Insulin degludec produced a statistically significant 36% relative cut in nocturnal hypoglycemic episodes, compared with glargine...
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Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake
Major Finding: The between-group differences for changes in body mass index and weight among the 224 participants randomized to the intervention...
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CRT's Mild Heart Failure Benefits Persist 5 Years
Major Finding: Five years of CRT cut average left-ventricular end-systolic volume index by 23 mL/m2 compared with 18 mL/m2 after 12 months.Data...
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Linezolid Bests Vancomycin in Obese MRSA Pneumonia Patients
Major Finding: Clinical success – ICU or hospital discharge by day 14 in the absence of death, therapy change, or intubation – is more likely when...
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UV Light Beat Bleach for C. difficile Decontamination
Major Finding: Bleach killed 70% of C. difficile spores in hospital rooms compared with 95% decontamination using nonbleach cleaning plus UV light...
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Linezolid May Predict MRSA Pneumonia Treatment Success
Major Finding: Treatment with linezolid (OR 1.53) and having a previous complication of an implant or graft (OR 1.55) are independent predictors...
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Analysis Supports First-Line Daptomycin Against Catheter-Related Bacteremia
Major Finding: Daptomycin was successful in 83% of patients who received it as a first-line treatment for catheter-related bacteremia (57% cured,...
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ACCESS-EU Registry Confirms MitraClip Benefits in HF
Major Finding: At 1 year, 82% of patients were alive, 79% had mitral regurgitation grade 2 or lower, and 72% were NYHA class I or II.Data Source:...
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Severe Psoriasis Linked to Doubled Diabetes Risk
Major Finding: New-onset, severe psoriasis doubled the risk for incident diabetes during a median of 6 years compared with people without...