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High-Dose Finasteride Halts Hair Loss in Women
Major Finding: Of premenopausal women with androgenetic alopecia, 58% reported major improvement in response to oral finasteride at 5 mg/day, and...
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Psoriasis Flares Rapidly Postpartum
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Gestational Diabetes Linked With Vitamin D Deficiency
Major Finding: For each standard-deviation reduction in first-trimester vitamin D (19 nmol/L), second-trimester gestational diabetes rose 40%.Data...
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Low-Dose Isotretinoin Tames Adult Acne
Major Finding: Sixteen weeks of low-dose isotretinoin at 5 mg/day in patients with persistent, low-grade adult acne resulted in a reduction in...
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HPV Vaccination Held Cost Effective for Boys
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Mass Diabetes Screening Doesn't Change Death Rates
Major Finding: Compared with no screening, a population-based screen for type 2 diabetes did not improve any mortality outcomes over 10 years.Data...
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Weight Gain Intervention in Pregnancy Has Enduring Impact
Major Finding: At 12 months post partum, 45% of normal-weight and overweight/obese participants in the intervention group and 35% in the control...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring Offers No Pregnancy Benefit
Major Finding: Macrosomia affected 45% of mothers with diabetes who had continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy and 34% of those who did...
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Diabetes Diagnosed at Acute MI Hits Women Harder
Major Finding: The 3-year mortality rate was 30% for women with known and newly diagnosed diabetes, 11% for those without diabetes, and 13% for...
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Antibiotic Resistance May Drive Cystitis Rx Changes
Major Finding: Between 1998 and 2009, prescriptions for the first-line urinary anti-infectives trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim,...
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Everolimus Reduces Breast Cancer Treatment Effects in Bone
Major Finding: Treatment with everolimus and exemestane was associated with improved levels of bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, amino-terminal...