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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 30, 2014
Key clinical point: Acupuncture did not decrease chronic knee pain in patients over 50.
Major finding: No pain or function outcomes were significa...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 30, 2014
Key clinical point: Physicians are rarely sued for failure to screen for esophageal cancer.
Major finding: Among 278,220 legal claims against phys...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 16, 2014
Key clinical point: Seven of the eight available VTE therapies are equally safe and effective.*
Major finding: Compared with standard parenteral L...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 16, 2014
Key clinical point: Combination therapy with long-acting beta-agonists plus inhaled corticosteroids should be considered for older patients with C...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 15, 2014
Key clinical point: Don’t use 12-lead ECG to screen healthy young people for cardiovascular abnormalities.
Major finding: Insufficient infor...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 15, 2014
Key clinical point: Physically fit men may postpone the inevitable rise of systolic blood pressure by 10 years.
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 10, 2014
Key clinical point: Benralizumab was no better than oral steroids or intravenous antibiotics for preventing COPD exacerbations.
Major finding: The...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 10, 2014
Key clinical point: Female-to-male stem cell donation ups the risk for vitiligo in GVHD.
Major finding: 14 of the 15 patients who developed vitili...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 9, 2014
Major finding: The two most widely available disease-modifying therapies for SCD, hydroxyurea and long-term transfusions, are underused, in large p...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 9, 2014
Major finding: The two most widely available disease-modifying therapies for SCD, hydroxyurea and long-term transfusions, are underused, in large ...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 9, 2014
Key clinical point: Statins seem to normalize heart disease risk in children with familial hypercholesterolemia.Major Finding: Progression of caro...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 9, 2014
The “much anticipated” guideline to help primary-care and emergency clinicians improve the management of sickle cell disease includes a...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 9, 2014
Key clinical point: More children and adolescents will likely be newly identified by the universal lipid screening.Major Finding: Overall, 9.8% of...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 8, 2014
Key clinical point: Promising results for the efficacy of low-dose fish oil in reducing seizure frequency for patients with drug-resistant disease...
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- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: September 8, 2014
Key clinical point: Slightly more benefit found from LDCT lung cancer screening in high-risk patients over 65 years of age than in younger patient...
