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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the United States rose significantly, from 6%-10% from 1988-2010.Data source: The findings ...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: Two versions of the CAM-S delirium scale were predictive of major clinical outcomes in the elderly, including death within 30 days ...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 14, 2014
Major finding: A monoclonal antibody showed 100% specificity and 85% sensitivity for identifying V600E BRAF mutations in metastatic melanoma.Data ...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 14, 2014
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 14, 2014
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 10, 2014
Major finding: Among community-dwelling elderly, up to 75% of hospital admissions and emergency department visits occurring during the last year o...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: April 2, 2014
Major finding: Melanoma excision delays were significantly less common when the diagnostic physician was a dermatologist, rather than a nondermato...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 25, 2014
Major finding: The investigational drug CT327 reduced pruritus scores by 60% in a group of pruritic psoriatic patients.Data source: The randomized...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 25, 2014
Major finding: In older, more frail patients, lower limb revascularization cost up to $90,000 less over 10 years, and yielded better clinical outc...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 25, 2014
Major finding: Among those with one to three positive nodes, radiotherapy significantly reduced locoregional recurrence (RR, 0.68) and breast canc...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 24, 2014
Major finding: Compared with placebo, the investigational monoclonal antibody dupilumab reduced pruritus by up to 65% and improved quality of life...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 24, 2014
Major finding: The risk of a second hospitalization declined by 20% with abatacept and by 17% with etanercept, compared with infliximab.Data sourc...
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 19, 2014
Major finding: The annual decline in whole-brain volume was significantly less in those taking simvastatin (–0.288% vs. –0.584%).
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 14, 2014
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- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Publish date: March 14, 2014
Major finding: A posthepatectomy phosphorus of more than 2.4 mg/dL increased the risk of hepatic insufficiency by 78% and nearly tripled the risk ...
