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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 15, 2015
Key clinical point: An aerosolized measles vaccine was immunogenic but inferior to the subcutaneous vaccine at inducing seropositivity among babie...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 15, 2015
Key clinical point: The oral anti-inflammatory agent apremilast reduced the number of oral ulcers in a preliminary study of Behçet’s ...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 15, 2015
Key clinical point: An aerosolized measles vaccine was immunogenic but inferior to the subcutaneous vaccine at inducing seropositivity among babie...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 14, 2015
Key clinical point: Three modifiable factors improved AF patients’ adherence to dabigatran therapy.
Major finding: Among 4,863 patients fill...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 14, 2015
Key clinical point: 15-year survival was not significantly different between younger patients who received a mechanical mitral valve and those who...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 13, 2015
Key clinical point:Screening asymptomatic adults for type 2 diabetes does not improve all-cause or cardiovascular mortality.
Major finding: One fa...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 13, 2015
Key clinical point: Nationally, emergency departments have improved their compliance with guidelines regarding emergency health care for children....
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 8, 2015
Key clinical point: Transfusing “fresher” red blood cells didn’t decrease 90-day mortality in ICU patients, compared with standa...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 8, 2015
Key clinical point: Ibrutinib produced a 90.5% overall response rate and a 73% major response rate in a proof-of-concept trial of 63 patients with...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 7, 2015
Key clinical point: The type and exact location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations affect the risk they confer for breast and ovarian cancer.
Major find...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Evidence supports the efficacy of only 2 of 141 available commercial weight-loss programs, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig.
Ma...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 6, 2015
Key clinical point: Many nursing home residents undergo lower-extremity revascularization every year, but few survive and are ambulatory 1 year la...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Laparoscopic resection is noninferior to open surgery in preventing locoregional recurrence of rectal cancer and improving sur...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: April 1, 2015
Key clinical point: Empirical beta-lactam monotherapy is noninferior to recommended treatments for suspected community-acquired pneumonia.
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: March 31, 2015
Key clinical point: Metformin’s glycemic durability was superior to that of sulfonylurea and meglitinide in a nationwide observational study...
