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Breast arterial calcifications predict atherosclerotic cardiovascular events
Longitudinal results of a prospective study of women with and without breast arterial calcifications showed that women with the calcifications...
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Reassuring findings on neurodevelopmental outcomes in HIV-exposed children
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – In-utero exposure to maternal HIV and antiretroviral drugs in uninfected children had no measurable adverse...
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Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy offers advantages over abdominal route
Lower blood loss, shorter length of stay, and fewer GI complications are the main areas where laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy outperforms the...
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Type 2 diabetes in youth needs new treatment options
Limited knowledge about type 2 diabetes in youth and the small patient population make it difficult to explore new treatment options.
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Boost dose pays off long term after surgery, WBRT for DCIS
BOSTON – Adding a boost dose after surgery and whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) for ductal carcinoma in situ offers a small but significant...
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Laparoscopic hysterectomy best in morbidly obese uterine cancer patients
BOSTON – Minimally invasive surgery yields better perioperative outcomes and shorter length of stay, among other factors.
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Botox for overactive bladder led to low rate of catheterization
Less than 2% of Botox injections for idiopathic detrusor overactivity resulted in clean intermittent catheterization, a substantially lower rate...
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Zika funding slated for prevention, vaccine development
The country’s health care agencies will use the $1.1 billion in funding approved by Congress for vaccine development, mosquito control, and...
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Absorbable suture performs well in sacrocolpopexy with mesh
DENVER - Using absorbable polydioxanone suture during laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy was associated with a mesh erosion rate of just 1.6%, according...
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Better GI, urinary function after pelvic radiation with IMRT
BOSTON – For women with cervical or endometrial cancers, postoperative pelvic irradiation with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is...
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Robotic surgery boasts fewer postoperative complications in radical hysterectomy
BOSTON – Robot-assisted radical hysterectomy has similar perioperative and better postoperative outcomes than did an open approach, according to a...