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Motor control exercise to improve coordination of muscles that support the spine can help reduce lower back pain

Motor Control Exercise Can Help Ease Lower Back Pain

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Specific exercises to improve coordination of muscles that control and support spine
Regular mammograms still benefit elderly women

Research Supports Annual Mammograms for Elderly Women

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Screenings tied to improved breast cancer mortality among those over 69
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans offers five overarching guidelines that encourage healthy eating patterns

New Guidelines Say Limit Added Sugars to <10 Percent of Calories

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Recommendations focus on totality of diet, overall eating pattern
A new imaging technique that fluoresces cancer cells may eventually help surgeons locate and remove all of a cancerous tumor on the first attempt

Injectable Agent Illuminates Cancer During Surgery

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Technology may help surgeons identify and remove more malignant cells
After adjustment for multiple factors

Female Urologists Less Compensated Than Males

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Findings in multivariable analysis after adjustment for relevant factors; no difference in job satisfaction
Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy have a prevalence of truncating variants similar to that seen in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Truncating Variant Prevalence Up in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

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Prevalence of 15 percent, similar to that seen in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Since peaking in 1991

U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates Down 23 Percent Since 1991

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That translates to an additional 1.7 million survivors
Since 1988

Trends in Insulin Use, Glycemic Control Explored

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Proportion of patients currently on any insulin stable from 1988-1994 to 1999-2012
Exposure to oral contraception in early pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of birth defects

Exposure to Oral Contraceptives Not Tied to Birth Defects

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Findings should reassure women and their doctors, researchers say
About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia have clinicohistologic remission with proton pump inhibitor therapy

Review Examines Efficacy of PPI Tx for Esophageal Eosinophilia

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About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia have clinicohistologic remission