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Adipocytes metabolize and inactivate the anthracycline daunorubicin

Adipocytes Metabolize, Inactivate Daunorubicin

Adipocytes metabolize daunorubicin to daunorubicinol, reducing its anti-leukemia effect
Delayed cord clamping is associated with reduced hospital mortality in preterm infants

Delayed Cord Clamping Linked to Reduced Hospital Mortality

Compared with early clamping, delay associated with lower mortality in preterm, very preterm infants
Concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid β42-amyloid 42 derived from new immunoassays may show improved agreement with visual flutemetamol F18-labeled positron emission tomography assessment

Benefits for New Immunoassays for Measuring Aβ42 in CSF

May show improved correlation with mass spectrometry reference measurement procedure
Vaccination coverage has remained above 90 percent for many vaccinations among young children

Vaccination Coverage High for Children Aged 19 to 35 Months

And 2013 to 2016 saw progress being made toward immunization information systems program goals
Supervised exercise training in conjunction with compression may improve outcomes for patients with venous leg ulcers

Adding Exercise to Compression Therapy Promising for Leg Ulcers

Faster healing for venous leg ulcers, lower costs seen with exercise+compression than compression-only
The combination of sequential 70 percent glycolic acid peel and microneedling results in better acne scar improvement than microneedling alone

Addition of Peel to Microneedling Improves Acne Scar Treatment

Addition of glycolic acid peel to microneedling linked to better scar improvement, skin texture
Continuous positive airway pressure may be a more effective treatment than laparoscopic gastric banding for control of severe obstructive sleep apnea

CPAP May Be Superior to Gastric Banding for Severe Sleep Apnea

At 9 months, apnea-hypopnea index is significantly lower with CPAP than with laparoscopic banding
Among patients with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes

Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease Low With Type 1 Diabetes

Findings among a large study of Norwegian children followed for 40-plus years
Physicians have two extra weeks to preview their 2016 performance information as a result of a mistake related to the Centers for Medicare &#amp; Medicaid Services' Physician Compare online resource

Doctors Have Extra Two Weeks to Preview Performance Data

Due to technical issue with Physician Compare, CMS extending time frame for physicians to view data
Many patients with a previous West Nile virus infection have abnormalities on neurologic examination several years after they were infected

Neurologic Abnormalities Identified After West Nile Virus

Half of patients with history of West Nile virus have abnormality on neurologic exam years after infection