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Hyperbaric Oxygen Improves Diabetic Ulcers Regardless of Glycemia
Major Finding: Wound volume was reduced by 65% among the 12 patients with hemoglobin A1c less than 7.5%, and by 71% among the 10 with Hb A1c 7.5%...
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Gene Expression Classifier Identifies Which 'Indeterminate' Thyroid Nodules are Benign
Major Finding: Among the entire group of 265 indeterminate FNA analyses, 180 were benign and 85 malignant. The gene expression classifier...
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Laparoscopy Tops Open Resection for Most Gastric Tumors
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T-DM1 Tops Capecitabine-Lapatinib in Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Major Finding: Median progression-free survival was longer with T-DM1 than with capecitabine plus lapatinib (9.6 vs.
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Intermittent Hormone Therapy Shortens Prostate Cancer Survival
Major Finding: Men with minimal disease lived a median of 5.2 years if randomized to intermittent androgen deprivation vs.
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Alcohol, Street Drugs Account for One in Eight Toddler Poisonings
Major Finding: Cardiac drugs accounted for 16% of poisonings of children under 2 years of age in the United States, followed by psychotropic drugs...
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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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Scope Matches Pathology in Diminutive Colorectal Polyps
Major Finding: High-definition, dual-focus colonoscopy produced 75% accurate, high-confidence diagnoses of diminutive polyps, vs. 63% using an...
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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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Linagliptin Found Effective, Safe in African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes
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Rural Patients Benefit From Tele-Endocrinology
Major Finding: Hemoglobin A1c, lipid profiles, and thyroid disorders improved in patients who lived in rural areas and participated in...