Men's Health
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SSRIs for PTSD bring cardiometabolic benefits
Major Finding: The relative risk of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged veterans with PTSD was 71% lower with SSRI therapy than without it.
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FDA requires lower recommended doses for certain sleep drugs
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Great obesity, but not slight obesity, linked to higher all-cause mortality
Major Finding: Compared with normal weight, grade 2 and grade 3 obesity were associated with excess mortality (HR of 1.29), but grade 1 obesity...
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Vitamin D lowered aldosterone in heart failure
Major Finding: Six months of oral vitamin D3 at 50,000 IU/wk resulted in a 37% reduction in serum aldosterone and a 41% decrease in baseline...
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FDA approves pasireotide for Cushing's, with postmarketing safety studies
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FDA approves abiraterone use ahead of prostate cancer chemotherapy
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Bariatric surgery cut vascular events in diabetes
Major Finding: Bariatric surgery was linked to a 64% decrease in macro- and microvascular events compared with no surgery in obese type 2 diabetes...
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Rate of visual impairment up 21%; diabetes is likely culprit
Major Finding: The prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in the general U.S. adult population rose from 1.4% in 1999-2002 to 1.7% in 2005-...
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Longer antibiotics don't lessen men's UTI recurrence rate
Major Finding: The rates of early and late UTI recurrences were not lower for patients who received longer (more than 7 days) courses of...
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Nongonococcal urethritis: Time to ditch azithromycin?
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Youth Account for Quarter of New HIV Infections
Major Finding: An estimated 12,200 new cases of HIV were reported in youth aged 13-24 years in 2010, which was 26% of the total estimated 45,700...