Antenatal corticosteroid treatment may increase the risk of childhood mental health disorders
1. In a retrospective cohort study, antenatal corticosteroid exposure increased the risk of...
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chronic-disease
Continued enzalutamide after progression of metastatic prostate cancer improves progression-free survival
1. The median progression-free survival was higher in the enzalutamide vs the placebo group (9.5...
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Adjuvant pembrolizumab improved distant-metastasis free survival and lowered risk of recurrence in melanoma patients
1. In the pembrolizumab arm, distant metastasis-free survival was significantly improved and the...
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Angiotensin receptor blockers may reduce the incidence of epilepsy in patients with hypertension
1. Amongst a cohort of individuals with arterial hypertension, those who were taking angiotensin...
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Group-administered recovery programme may help burn-out, fatigue, and poor sleep
1. In this randomized control trial, newly graduated nurses received a cognitive-behavioural...
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Organizational factors increase risk of unplanned extubation in neonatal intensive care unit
1. In a retrospective study, higher nursing overtime hours and rate, and increased number of...
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Auricular acupressure may improve sleep quality in elderly populations
1. In this randomized, single-blinded, pretest-posttest study, auricular acupressure provided...
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Prematurity plays significant role in mortality of premature neonates born with birth defects
1. In a large cohort of infants with birth defects, the population attributable fraction (PAF) of...
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Obesity prevalence is heterogenous among subgroups of Asian American adults in the United States
1. The present study characterized the prevalence of obesity across several heterogeneous Asian...
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Ruxolitinib results in improved repigmentation as compared to vehicle-control in nonsegmental vitiligo
1. In comparison to vehicle-control, a greater proportion of patients using ruxolitinib achieved a...
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Risk factors and rates of post-intensive care syndrome for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Post-intensive care syndrome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: A prospective...
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer
1. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis puts women at 1.9 times higher risk of pancreatic...
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Bronchodilators do not improve symptomatic tobacco-exposure in patients with preserved lung function
1. Inhaled dual bronchodilator therapy did not reduce respiratory symptom points in...
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Beneficial effect of intensive blood pressure control on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality not persist after trial intervention – a secondary analysis of the SPRINT trial
1. Intensive blood pressure control regime was associated with improved cardiovascular and...
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Identification of risk factors for incident cervical insufficiency in nulliparous and parous women
1. Risk factors for incident cervical insufficiency (ICI) include history of cervical procedures,...
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Adding weightlifting exercises may further reduce risk of mortality
1. After adjusting for aerobic moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), weightlifting was...
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Greater thoracic aortic aneurysm size associated with worse long-term outcomes
1. There is a positive relationship between adverse events, including aortic dissection (AD) and...
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes associated with reduced atrial fibrillation hospitalization events compared to commonly used comparators
1. This population-based cohort study demonstrated that among older adults with type 2 diabetes,...
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Allopurinol does not reduce cardiovascular risk for patients with ischemic heart disease without gout
1. The composite score for non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, and cardiovascular...
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Fine needle biopsy remains a reliable test for thyroid cancer diagnosis
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis that included 16,597 patients, fine needle biopsy...
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