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AFP Level Predicts Mortality in Hepatitis C-Related Liver Cancer

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 12, 2011

Major Finding: The 5-year survival rate for hepatocellular carcinoma was low overall at only 12%, but it was extremely low, at 1%, in patients wit...

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Vitamin E Raises Prostate Cancer Risk

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 11, 2011

Major Finding: The unadjusted absolute increase in risk of cases of prostate cancer per 1,000 person-years compared with placebo was 1.6 for vitam...

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BRCA2 Linked to Better Chemo Response in Ovarian Cancer

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 11, 2011

Major Finding: The 5-year survival was 61% for BRCA2 carriers, significantly higher than the 25% 5-year survival seen in wild-type BRCA cases, alt...

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Educational Interventions Modestly Improve Glucose Control

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 10, 2011

Major Finding: A highly structured group diabetes education intervention decreased HbA1c levels by 0.8%, statistically better than the 0.4% reduct...

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'Coaching' Fails to Improve Diabetes in Disadvantaged Patients

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 10, 2011

Major Finding: Among severely disadvantaged patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, a telephone "coaching" intervention did not improve h...

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Neonatal Herpes: Oral Acyclovir Improves Neurodevelopment

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 5, 2011

Major Finding: Babies with neonatal herpes who had received 6 months of oral acyclovir to suppress CNS HSV had a significantly higher mean score (...

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DES Exposure Linked to Lifetime Risk of Adverse Outcomes

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 5, 2011

Major Finding: Twelve adverse outcomes were at least twice as likely to develop in DES-exposed as in nonexposed women by the time they reached mid...

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Asthma Care Measures Don't Reflect Outcomes in Children

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 4, 2011

Major Finding: Compliance with two of the three CAC process measures was so high that no analysis could be performed to assess whether it correlat...

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Advance Directives Limit Costs Only in Certain Regions

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 4, 2011

Major Finding: Advanced directives reduced end-of-life care and its associated costs only among patients who lived in regions characterized by agg...

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Diet Linked to Risk of Fetal NTDs

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 3, 2011

Major Finding: For two separate indexes of dietary quality, better diets during the year before pregnancy were associated with a reduced risk of n...

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Gout Patients' Poor Footwear May Exacerbate Pain

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 3, 2011

Major Finding: Forty-two percent of gout patients’ shoes lacked support and sound structure, 96% had inadequate cushioning, 74% had inadequa...

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Mortality Low With Conservative Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 1, 2011

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Deferasirox Can Improve Liver Fibrosis, Necroinflammation

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 1, 2011

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Mallory-Denk Bodies on Biopsy Predict Fibrosis Progression in HCV

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 1, 2011

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Nonhormonal Meds Aid Hot Flashes in Breast Ca

Author:: Mary Ann Moon

Publish date: October 1, 2011