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Two CPR Strategies Fail to Improve Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 31, 2011

Major Finding: For approximately 9,000 patients with nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, rates of survival with satisfactory function wer...

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Support Withdrawal Causes Most Deaths After TBI

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 29, 2011

Major Finding: More than 70% of deaths among patients with severe TBI resulted from withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy, usually within 3 days o...

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Daily Azithromycin Prevents COPD Exacerbations

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 24, 2011

Major Finding: Adding oral azithromycin (250 mg daily) to usual care for COPD increased the time to an acute exacerbation from 174 days to 266 day...

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Chronic Disease: Hospitalization May Cause Medication Stoppage

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 23, 2011

Major Finding: Rates of unintentional discontinuation of long-term medications for chronic diseases were significantly higher in hospitalized than...

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Emphasize Soy, Nut, Viscous Fiber Consumption to Cut LDL Cholesterol

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 23, 2011

Major Finding: The average decrease in LDL cholesterol was 3% with the control diet, compared with 13% with the routine intervention diet and 14% ...

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Psoriasis, Biologics: Concern Remains About CV Risks

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 23, 2011

Major Finding: Treatment of plaque psoriasis with biologic agents did not appear to raise the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in a met...

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Diastolic Dysfunction Prevalence Rises as Patients Age

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 23, 2011

Major Finding: Over time, 23% of study subjects showed progression of diastolic dysfunction, compared with only 9% who showed improvement in diast...

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Standard Beats Anesthesia EEG Technique for Preventing Surgery Awareness

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 17, 2011

Major Finding: There were fewer cases of definite intraoperative awareness with the standard anesthesia technique (0.07%) than with the EEG techni...

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Microscopic Hematuria in Youth Signals High ESRD Risk

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 16, 2011

Major Finding: Among males and females who had persistent asymptomatic isolated microscopic hematuria at ages 16-25, the incidence of ESRD during ...

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Smoking-Bladder Cancer Link Strengthened - Especially in Women

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 16, 2011

Major Finding: The adjusted hazard ratio for bladder cancer was 4.06 among current smokers in recent years, compared with a summary HR of 2.94 dur...

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Propranolol Tops Corticosteroids for Infantile Hemangiomas

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 15, 2011

Major Finding: Infantile hemangiomas cleared in 82% of patients who were given propranolol, but in only 29% of those given standard oral corticost...

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Causal Link Between Atopic Dermatitis, ADHD Remains Elusive

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 15, 2011

Major Finding: Of three studies that examined a possible correlation between atopic dermatitis and ADHD, two found a correlation; of six studies t...

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Sleep Apnea Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Elderly

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 9, 2011

Major Finding: Significantly more elderly women who had recurrent arousals and intermittent hypoxemia during sleep developed cognitive impairment ...

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Safety Net Still Active After State Reform

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 8, 2011

Major Finding: After implementation of health reform in Massachusetts in 2006, the proportion of uninsured patients dropped dramatically, but the ...

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Phlebotomy Blood Loss Linked to Anemia in Hospital Patients

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: August 8, 2011

Major Finding: A total of 20% of patients with acute MI acquired anemia during hospitalization, and those who did so lost approximately 174 mL of ...