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Guideline change advocated on using acetaminophen for OA
Key clinical point: Acetaminophen has minimal effects on pain and physical function in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis. Major finding:...
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VIDEO: Stenting to improve quality of life in esophageal cancer
PHILADELPHIA – “An esophageal stent can be an important modality for palliating patients’ dysphagia, [which] can happen because the tumor is...
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Study finds inappropriate oophorectomy at time of hysterectomy
Among premenopausal California women undergoing nonradical hysterectomies over a 7-year period, more than one-third underwent concurrent...
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Angina rates similar across metal stents
Key clinical point: One year after stent placement, angina rates are no higher with bare metal stents than with drug-eluting metal stents. Major...
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Prostate cancer’s future seen in molecular tests
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Prostate cancer’s future seen in molecular tests
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Surgical issues top reasons for readmissions after hysterectomy
INDIAN WELLS, CALIF. – Unplanned, 30-day readmissions after hysterectomy for benign indications mainly occur because of surgical complications,...
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VIDEO: Proposed revision of medullary thyroid cancer staging improves risk-stratification analysis
BOSTON – An analysis of data from medullary thyroid cancer patients that partitioned the patients into groups with similar overall survival has...
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Standard incubation can miss P. acnes in infective endocarditis
AMSTERDAM – A longer incubation period of Propionibacterium acnes culture may be required to determine whether it is the cause of infective...
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Drug-eluting stent recipients can safely have surgery sooner
Key clinical point: The risk of noncardiac surgery is elevated only when the operation occurs during the first month after stenting. Major finding...
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DANAMI 3-DEFER: No benefit with delayed stenting for STEMI
CHICAGO – Delaying stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction failed to reduce the rate of mortality, heart...