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Breaking through the fog of opioid addiction
The grip that opioid addiction has on adolescents often resembles that on addicted adults. They crave the next high at all costs.
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Beware hormonal IUD expulsion in obese women
SAN DIEGO – A study finds an increased rate of expulsion for hormonal IUDs in women with class III obesity.
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New evidence bisphosphonates may prevent OA
LAS VEGAS – A favorable signal is seen in the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
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How bariatric surgery improves knee osteoarthritis
LAS VEGAS – The mechanism probably isn’t what you think.
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Novel robotic camera photographs colon
Tested first in pigs, the maneuverable capsule may start in human trials in 2018.
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VIDEO: Indomethacin slashes post-ERCP pancreatitis risk in primary sclerosing cholangitis
CHICAGO – Rectal indomethacin reduced by 90% the risk of post-procedural pancreatitis in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
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Sex-based differences in lung cancer screening intervals suggested
Prior studies to see whether longer screening intervals were safe have yielded mixed results, possibly because of differences in clinical and...
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Genetic test predicts cirrhosis outcomes
CHICAGO – Patients with the CC genotype had worse outcomes than those with the rs738409 CG/GG genotype.
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Enzyme tablet eases pain of gluten consumption
CHICAGO – Small study shows that the AN-PEP enzyme digested most, but not all, of of the ingested gluten.
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VIDEO: Bile acid malabsorption as a cause of chronic diarrhea
CHICAGO – Often misdiagnosed with IBS-D, bile acid malabsorption can have pervasive effects on patients’ daily lives.
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Flu shots may spark immune adverse events in PD-1 blockade for NSCLC
GENEVA – More than half of patients who had received a trivalent influenza vaccine in a small study had immune-related adverse events.