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Peer support program improved cardiovascular health, tobacco cessation
A peer support program was linked to significantly improved cardiovascular health, and to tobacco cessation.
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On post-call day, physicians’ reaction time, simple cognitive tasks suffer
If you feel sleepy and out of sorts on a post-call day, compared with a normal work day, you’re not alone.
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Answers elusive in quest for better chlamydia treatment
The jury is out on whether azithromycin is still as effective as doxycycline.
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Guidelines: Follow low-risk benign thyroid nodules conservatively
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Tomotherapy may decrease radiation-induced bowel toxicity in cervical cancer
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ITC: Levothyroxine may improve obstetric outcomes in women with low thyroid function
Normalizing maternal thyroid function early in pregnancy may improve obstetric outcomes for women with subclinical hypothyroidism.
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Frail elders at high mortality risk in the year following surgery
Elderly patients face a significantly increased risk of mortality in the year after undergoing major elective noncardiac surgery, a large study...
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Study finds no link between thyroid autoimmunity, breast cancer outcomes
In contrast with at least two prior small studies, thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were not associated with breast cancer outcomes in a large...
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What’s in the pipeline for female sexual problems?
Clinical trials are underway on drugs that target low sexual desire through dopaminergic pathways or serotonin receptors. Also in the pipeline are...
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Midlife contraception strategy should include transition to menopause
Though fertility declines precipitously as menopause nears, women in midlife may still conceive. Clinicians and patients need guidance to develop...
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SSI risk after cesarean is nearly double for Medicaid patients
The association remained even after researchers accounted for several demographic and clinical variables, Dr. Sarah Yi said in an interview at an...