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Monthly Archives: October 2017

For medically uncontrolled uveitic glaucoma

XEN-45 Implant Effective in Uncontrolled Uveitic Glaucoma

Significant reductions seen in mean intraocular pressure, mean number of medications required
Since 1984

Gastric Cancer Incidence Down, Survival Up

Incidence declined between 1984 and 2014, but long-term survival rates are still low
Short-term probiotics are associated with reductions in body weight

Probiotics Linked to Weight Loss in Obese, Overweight

Reductions in body weight, BMI, fat percentage, but not in fat mass with short-term probiotics
Patients perceive that physicians who communicate face-to-face without a computer have more compassion

Patients Prefer Face-to-Face Communication, No Computer

Seventy-two percent of patients with advanced cancer prefer face-to-face communication
Combined assessment of bone strength and bone mineral density is a cost-effective strategy for osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women

Bone Strength + Bone Mineral Density Screening Cost-Effective

Model shows this combo starting at age 55 in postmenopausal women prevents fractures
Increased arterial stiffness

Arterial Stiffness Linked to Incidence of Diabetes

Increased risk of diabetes across increasing tertiles of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity

The American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 21-25

The American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting The annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists was held from October 21 to 25...
Higher HER3 expression is associated with improved survival with the addition of panitumumab treatment for patients with RAS wild-type advanced colorectal cancer

HER3 Linked to Improved Survival With Panitumumab

Addition of panitumumab to irinotecan tied to improved survival in RAS wt advanced colorectal CA
For older women with cataract

Cataract Surgery Associated With Reduced Mortality in Women

Lower all-cause, vascular-, cancer-, accidental-, neurologic-, pulmonary-specific mortality
For patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Better Outcomes With Transoroal Robotic Surgery Alone in OPSCC

Significantly quicker improvement in postoperative dysphagia in oropharyngeal cancer TORS-only group