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U.S. Soldiers May Return With Constrictive Bronchiolitis

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 20, 2011

Major Finding: Despite largely normal findings on physiological and radiographic assessments, 38 of 49 soldiers were found on lung biopsy to have ...

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Triptorelin Cuts Early Menopause in Breast Cancer

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 19, 2011

Major Finding: The rate of early menopause was 25.9% for chemotherapy alone, compared with 8.9% for chemotherapy plus triptorelin, and the number ...

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Activity May Protect Against Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 18, 2011

Major Finding: Cognitive impairment developed in approximately 17% of men and women in the lowest third of physical activity level, in 5% of those...

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Aspirin, Simvastatin Not Effective for Pulmonary Hypertension

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 14, 2011

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Short-Term ADT with Radiotherapy Ups Prostate Cancer Survival

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 13, 2011

Major Finding: Adding short-term androgen-deprivation therapy to standard radiotherapy raised overall survival at 10 years from 57% to 62%, cut di...

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Asthma Patients’ Perceptions Contradict Objective Treatment Responses

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 13, 2011

Major Finding: The mean percent improvement in FEV1 was 20.1% for inhaled albuterol, compared with 7.5% for inhaled placebo, 7.3% for sham acupunc...

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Study: Update Family History Every 5 to 10 Years

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 12, 2011

Major Finding: The chance that patients’ family histories of colorectal cancer would change substantially between the ages of 30 and 50 year...

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'Late' PCI Still Common Though Guidelines Advise Against It

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 12, 2011

Major Finding: The rate of inappropriate "late" PCI has not declined since publication of the Occluded Artery Trial findings and the resulting cha...

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High Sodium-Potassium Ratio Ramps Up Mortality Risk

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 11, 2011

Major Finding: Adults in the general population who had the highest sodium-potassium ratios showed a 1.46 hazard ratio for all-cause mortality, a ...

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High Sodium-Potassium Ratio Ramps Up Mortality Risk

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 11, 2011

Major Finding: Adults in the general population who had the highest sodium-potassium ratios showed a 1.46 hazard ratio for all-cause mortality, a ...

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Imaging Agents Florbetapir, Flutemetamol Quantify Brain Amyloid

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 11, 2011

Major Finding: PET scanning using florbetapir correctly identified and quantified amyloid levels in the brains of 81% of AD patients, 40% of MCI p...

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TB Prophylaxis Effective HIV-Infected Adults, but Not in Infants

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 6, 2011

Major Finding: Incidences of active TB or death were 3.1/100 person-years in the rifapentine-isoniazid group, 2.9 in the rifampin-isoniazid group,...

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TB Prophylaxis Effective HIV-Infected Adults, but Not in Infants

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 6, 2011

Major Finding: Incidences of active TB or death were 3.1/100 person-years in the rifapentine-isoniazid group, 2.9 in the rifampin-isoniazid group,...

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TB Prophylaxis Effective HIV-Infected Adults, but Not in Infants

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 6, 2011

Major Finding: Incidences of active TB or death were 3.1/100 person-years in the rifapentine-isoniazid group, 2.9 in the rifampin-isoniazid group,...

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Nesiritide of No Benefit in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: July 6, 2011

Major Finding: Nesiritide showed no effect on self-reported dyspnea or the combined end point of rehospitalization for heart failure or death from...