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Study Finds Fault With Sex-Offender Restriction Laws

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: November 7, 2011

Major Finding: In Erie County, N.Y., 90% of registered sex offenders were living in restricted areas (for example, near a school or park), and nea...

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Quetiapine Abuse Common in Prison Populations

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: November 3, 2011

Major Finding: An estimated 30% of inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail malingered to obtain quetiapine; many of the malingerers were substance ...

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Does H. pylori Impair Glucose Tolerance?

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: November 1, 2011

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HIV Care Faces Uncertain Future

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 24, 2011

Major Finding: Coordinated HIV care services may be jeopardized by fragmentation of services unless new health care models adopt the comprehensive...

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia Prevention Starts in the Mouth

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 24, 2011

Major Finding: Community-dwelling older adults with a mean oral plaque score equal to or greater than 1 were 43% more likely to develop pneumonia ...

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Oral Bacteria Changes May Presage Pneumonia

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 24, 2011

Major Finding: Proportions of oral Streptococcaceae differed significantly among three groups, representing 65% of microbial taxa among healthy co...

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ID Docs: Antimicrobial Shortages Threaten Patient Care Quality

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 21, 2011

Major Finding: Among 634 infectious disease specialists surveyed who reported having to choose an alternative antimicrobial agent because their fi...

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Antimicrobial Shortages Threaten Patient Care

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 21, 2011

Major Finding: Among 634 physicians surveyed who reported having to choose an alternative antimicrobial agent because their first choice was not a...

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Generation Gap Separates Physicians' Vaccine Views

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 20, 2011

Major Finding: Providers who graduated from medical school in the 21st century were 15% less likely to say that vaccines are efficacious than were...

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Mini X-Ray Device Treats Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 19, 2011

Major Finding: Approximately 93% of patients treated for nonmelanoma skin cancers with an electronic brachytherapy device had cosmetic results rat...

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Mini X-Ray Device Treats Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 19, 2011

Major Finding: Approximately 93% of patients treated for nonmelanoma skin cancers with an electronic brachytherapy device had cosmetic results rat...

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Protons Added to Photon Radiation Improve Chordoma Control

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 19, 2011

Major Finding: Local control of spinal chordomas at 5 years was 85% for patients who received preoperative and postoperative radiation with proton...

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Early Trial Supports Bevacizumab in Head and Neck Cancer

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 18, 2011

Major Finding: The 2-year disease-free survival rate was 75% in an as-treated population with locoregionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of t...

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Neoadjuvant Therapy Improves Survival of Large Sarcomas in Extremities

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 13, 2011

Major Finding: Among patients with soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities measuring longer than 5 cm, 3-year overall survival was 63% for those w...

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Screen Carotids After Head and Neck Radiation

Author:: Neil Osterweil

Publish date: October 13, 2011

Major Finding: The estimated risk for stenosis of the carotid arteries 3 years after irradiation for head and neck cancer was 18%.Data Source: Ret...