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Single-dose HPV vaccination highly effective
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SGLT2 inhibitor use tied to fewer atrial arrhythmias
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IUDs may increase background enhancement on breast MRI
However, “the study findings raise the question as to whether IUD status should be documented as a matter of course prior to performing breast MRI...
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What’s hot at the world’s premiere breast cancer meeting
An important study of an investigational oral agent for postmenopausal women who have been treated for ER positive advanced breast cancer...
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Two questions can help establish a diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
There is no perfect outcome measure yet, but progress is being made.
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Could an oral PCSK9 inhibitor be on the horizon?
What if the cholesterol-crushing efficacy of current PCSK9 inhibitors came in a pill instead of a syringe? That’s one possibility for a Merck...
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NAFLD, ALD prevalent among teens, young adults
It’s important to “mitigate modifiable risk factors to prevent disease development and disease progression to potentially advanced fibrosis and...
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Patient risk, not disease duration, key to timing biologics in IBD
The proportional biologic/placebo treatment effect on remission and response to biologics was not influenced by disease duration in UC or CD...
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Be cautious with HBV drug withdrawal
Severe flares can follow in the long term after withdrawal of nucleoside/nucleotide analogues.
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Certain opioids hold promise for treating itch
Difelikefalin is the first FDA-approved treatment for uremic pruritus associated with dialysis.
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New blood test may detect preclinical Alzheimer’s years in advance
“We believe this has the potential to radically improve early stratification and identification of patients for trials 6 years in advance of a...