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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 20, 2014
Key clinical point: Palliative removal of the primary tumor extends survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 18, 2014
Key clinical point: Adults with type 1 diabetes who have good glycemic control still have twice the all-cause and CVD mortality as the general pop...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 18, 2014
Key clinical point: Early nasoenteric tube feeding was not superior to an oral diet at 72 hours in acute high-risk pancreatitis.
Major finding: Th...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 17, 2014
Key clinical point: A financial incentive – earning a 10% chance of winning a $50 lottery – increased patient compliance with FOBT scr...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 17, 2014
Key clinical point: Less than 2% of middle and high school students attend schools that comply with all five components of the USDA’s school...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 17, 2014
Key clinical point: BMI before bariatric surgery is unrelated to diabetes remission afterward.
Major finding: Diabetes remitted in 72% of the pati...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 17, 2014
Key clinical point: Blood biomarkers appear to predict which blunt trauma patients will have an abnormal inflammatory response to their injuries, ...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 11, 2014
Key clinical point: Patients with chronic HCV infection and cirrhosis who attain a sustained viral response using antivirals achieve a normal life...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 11, 2014
Key clinical point: Receipt of the pertussis vaccine during pregnancy was not associated with preterm birth, SGA birth, or hypertensive disorders ...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 11, 2014
Key clinical point: An oral, interferon-free drug combination produced a 97% sustained virologic response rate in liver transplant recipients with...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 11, 2014
Key clinical point: An oral, interferon-free drug combination produced a 97% sustained virologic response rate in liver transplant recipients with...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 5, 2014
Key clinical point: Maintenance therapy with reduced-dose etanercept plus methotrexate controls RA better than methotrexate alone or placebo.
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 5, 2014
Key clinical point: Rituximab maintenance therapy is superior to standard azathioprine maintenance for ANCA-associated vasculitis.
Major finding: ...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 4, 2014
Key clinical point: No studies have assessed the efficacy of intensive behavioral weight-loss counseling delivered in the primary care setting acc...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: November 4, 2014
Key clinical point: The long-term durability and complications of bariatric surgery remain unknown because research is lacking.
Major finding: Cru...
