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Vitamin B, Omega-3 Supplements Fail to Prevent Cancer

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 9, 2012

Major Finding: The incidence of cancer was not significantly different among subjects who took daily vitamin B supplements, omega-3 fatty acid sup...

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Most People Told to Have a Colonoscopy Don't

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 9, 2012

Major Finding: Only 38% of patients advised to undergo colonoscopy did so, compared with 67% of those advised to undergo fecal occult blood testin...

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Surgical Site Infection Monitoring and Reporting Vary Widely

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 5, 2012

Major Finding: Only 21 states legally mandate the monitoring of surgical site infections, and in a given month, only 8 states made the data access...

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Cancer Diagnosis Appears to Raise Suicide, Cardiovascular Risks

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 4, 2012

Major Finding: The rate of completed suicide was twice as high among adults with newly diagnosed cancer of any kind (0.36 per 1,000 person-years) ...

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'Decline' in Pneumonia Reflects Changes in Diagnostic Coding

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 3, 2012

Major Finding: The pneumonia hospitalization rate declined 27% and inpatient pneumonia mortality dropped 28% from 2003 to 2009, but the hospitaliz...

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Oral Fluoroquinolones May Raise Risk of Retinal Detachment

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 3, 2012

Major Finding: Current users of fluoroquinolones have a 4.5-fold higher risk of developing retinal detachment than do nonusers; an estimated 1,440...

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Breast Screening Linked to Cancer 'Overdiagnosis' in Norway

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 2, 2012

Major Finding: The estimated rate of overdiagnosis of breast cancer by screening mammography was 15%-25% in Norway.Data Source: The investigators ...

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ASCO: Stop Underdosing Obese Cancer Patients

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 2, 2012

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Patient Satisfaction Linked to More Health Care Use, Higher Costs

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 2, 2012

Major Finding: Compared with adults who expressed the least satisfaction with their physician(s), those who expressed the most satisfaction were m...

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Children Most Vulnerable to Breakthrough Hepatitis B Identified

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: April 1, 2012

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Brodalumab, Ixekizumab Rapidly Improve Psoriasis

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: March 28, 2012

Major Finding: Mean improvements in PASI scores, with brodalumab were 45% with 70 mg, 86% with 140 mg, 86% with 210 mg, and 76% with 280 mg.

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Cardiac Pacing Improves Survival in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: March 27, 2012

Major Finding: In patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 and conduction abnormalities on ECG, the likelihood of dying was nearly 40% lower in tho...

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Cost Sharing Linked to Rise in Asthma Hospitalizations

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: March 27, 2012

Major Finding: Higher out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs correlated with a significant 2% reduction in the use of asthma control medicatio...

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Benchmarks Cited for In-Hospital VTE Post Arthroplasty

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: March 26, 2012

Major Finding: 443 cases of VTE developed during hospitalization, for an incidence of approximately 1 in every 100 patients undergoing knee arthro...

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Rivaroxaban Found Noninferior to Standard Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: March 26, 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...