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Running, Aerobics May Protect Women Against Psoriasis

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 21, 2012

Major Finding: For women who ran more than 1 hour per week, the adjusted relative risk of developing psoriasis was 0.37, compared with those who d...

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More Coffee? It May Extend Your Life

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 16, 2012

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Azithromycin Slightly Raises Risk of Cardiovascular Death

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 16, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of CV death was 85.2 per million courses of azithromycin, compared with 29.8 per million control periods with no antibioti...

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Schizophrenia With Panic Disorder May Be a Distinct Subtype

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 15, 2012

Major Finding: Patients with schizophrenia plus comorbid panic disorder show higher IQs; better recall after a delay; better problem-solving and s...

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Stress Echo in Asymptomatic Revascularized Patients Not Useful

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 14, 2012

Major Finding: Exercise stress echocardiography can identify the small minority (13%) of post-PCI and post-CABG patients who are at higher mortali...

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Stale Secondhand Smoke Impairs Endothelial Function

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 14, 2012

Major Finding: Endothelial function was impaired in a dose-dependent fashion after brief exposure to aged secondhand smoke, so that for every 100 ...

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Siblings of Schizophrenia Patients More Likely to Have Social Anhedonia

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 11, 2012

Major Finding: A small but significant association was found among social anhedonia, withdrawal, and psychotic experiences in siblings of schizoph...

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Many Patients Without Acid Reflux Stay on PPIs

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 11, 2012

Major Finding: A total of 56% of patients who continued to take PPIs after negative pH testing had positive scores on the GerdQ, suggesting that t...

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Fatty Acids in Fish May Lower Liver Cancer Risk

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 11, 2012

Major Finding: Hepatocellular cancer risk was significantly lower (hazard ratio = .64, P for trend = .04) for participants in the highest vs.

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Rivaroxaban Found Noninferior to Standard Therapy for PE

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 9, 2012

Major Finding: PE, with or without DVT, recurred in 2.1% of patients receiving rivaroxaban and in 1.8% of those taking standard preventive therapy...

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Norovirus Outbreak Traced to Reusable Grocery Bag

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 9, 2012

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Data Supporting Probiotics' Benefit Found Weak but Favorable

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 8, 2012

Major Finding: Overall, probiotics reduced the risk of developing diarrhea during antibiotic therapy, with an RR of 0.58.

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Women's Stroke Risk Higher in AF, Regardless of Warfarin Use

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 8, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of stroke was significantly higher in women (5.8%) than in men (4.3%) with AF, and the overall incidence was 2.02/100 pers...

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Variceal Rebleeding Twice as Likely If Beta-Blockers Fail

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: May 4, 2012

Major Finding: The cumulative incidence of rebleeding from any source was 48% for patients already taking beta-blocker prophylaxis, compared with ...

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Profile Predicts Longer Survival in Multiple Myeloma

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 30, 2012

Major Finding: Patients with multiple myeloma who did not have three key chromosomal abnormalities, were younger than 55 years, and had low levels...