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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 11, 2014
Key clinical point: Sleep-disordered breathing and short sleep duration in early childhood are strongly and independently associated with obesity ...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 10, 2014
Key clinical point: Racial/ethnic disparities in hospital care narrowed substantially after initiation of the Medicare/Medicaid Hospital Inpatient...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 9, 2014
Key clinical point: The newest (2011) reforms to resident duty hours haven’t changed patient mortality or morbidity outcomes.
Major finding:...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 8, 2014
Key clinical point: Most primary care physicians are aware of the risks of prescribing opioids and have cut down on doing so.
Major finding: 85% o...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 8, 2014
Key clinical point: Higher activity levels and lower TV viewing levels were associated with lower all-cause mortality in older adults with colorec...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 4, 2014
Key clinical point: The American Gastroenterological Association published a guideline for preventing the reactivation of HBV in patients who need...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 3, 2014
Key clinical point: Crizotinib proved superior to standard pemetrexed plus platinum chemotherapy for advanced ALK-positive NSCLC.
Major finding: T...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 2, 2014
Key clinical point: Men taking androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer aren’t being prescribed bisphosphonates to protect their bon...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 2, 2014
Key clinical point: Men taking androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer aren’t being prescribed bisphosphonates to protect their bon...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 2, 2014
Key clinical point: Abortion rates dropped by 21% in 2011 from 2010 among women aged 20-24 years, and by 16% among women aged 25-29 years, the two...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 1, 2014
Key clinical point: Rosuvastatin didn’t lower the risk of bone fracture, compared with placebo.
Major finding: 221 participants given rosuva...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 1, 2014
Key clinical point: Use of epinephrine during resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with lower neurologically intact su...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against screening and treating asymptomatic adults for vitamin D deficiency, because...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against screening and treating asymptomatic adults for vitamin D deficiency, because...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 24, 2014
Key clinical point: Carboplatin + paclitaxel yielded similar overall survival with fewer adverse effects than etoposide + cisplatin for stage-3 NS...
