Sleeve Gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y Both Improve Hepatic Steatosis in Type 2 Diabetes
Liver fat almost completely cleared at 1 year postop with both procedures In patients with type 2...
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Want Expectant Moms to Quit Smoking? Pay Them
Increasing cash incentives improved quit rates, newborn birth weights Pregnant smokers who were...
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Tumor Signature Better Predicts Gastric Cancer Prognosis than Current Staging System
Low signature value ID’d those to benefit most from adjuvant chemotherapy In patients with...
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FDA Approves Pafolacianine to ID Ovarian Ca Lesions
Drug designed to improve location of cancerous tissue during surgery The FDA approved an...
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Parathyroidectomy: The Best Way to Curb Fracture Risk in Older Adults?
Study details benefits of surgery for persons with hyperparathroidism Parathyroidectomy was linked...
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High-Grade PVCs During Post-Exercise Recovery Linked to CV Mortality
Findings may help identify patients at increased risk High-grade exercise-induced premature...
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Erythropoietin Fails to Improve Visual Outcomes in Optic Neuritis
No structural, functional benefit seen in phase III trial Erythropoietin added to...
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Telehealth Intervention Works Out for Knee OA
Patients saw improvements in knee pain, function with exercise/diet duo An exercise and diet...
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Covid-19: Merck Covid Pill Narrowly Wins FDA Advisors’ EUA Endorsement
’No’ voters cite relatively low efficacy and safety concerns The FDA’s...
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Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing Shows No Birth Rate Benefit in IVF
Trial included only women with good prognosis for live birth In women with a good prognosis for a...
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Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Face Increased VTE Risk
Managing PE without anticoagulation is risky choice You may want to think twice before skipping...
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Pompe Disease: Modified ERTs Not Superior to Standard of Care
Despite this, benefits may be clinically meaningful Two phase III studies of enzyme replacement...
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CDC Touts Antibiotic Awareness Week
Reminds professionals of the importance of proper antibiotic Rx and stewardship The CDC marked...
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Covid-19: The World Goes on High Alert as Another Variant Emerges
Will the heavily mutated Omicron variant take center stage in the Covid-19 pandemic? A new,...
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To Prevent Elderly Depression, Target Sleep
RCT finds lowering incident insomnia cut risk of depression Maybe the best way to prevent...
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Survey Offers Snapshot of Contemporary Management of Aortic Stenosis
Age still a factor but not as great as it once was Age apparently matters when patients with...
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FDA OKs Sirolimus for Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumors
Albumin-bound treatment intended for locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease The FDA...
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FDA OKs Maribavir as First Tx for Drug-Resistant, Post-Transplant Cytomegalovirus
Novel Tx combats herpes subtype in patients 12 years and older The FDA approved maribavir...
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Platelet-Rich Plasma a Bust in Placebo-Controlled Trial for Knee OA
Little improvement in pain, tibial cartilage volume loss with regenerative therapy The...
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Novel Oral Agent Possible ’Major Advance’ in von Hippel-Lindau Disease Tx
Belzutifan might serve as an alternative for or a complement to surgery Belzutifan (MK-6482), a...
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