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Drones might offer a cheaper and better way to deliver vaccines to people in developing countries

Drones Could Work for Efficient Delivery of Aid to Remote Areas

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Machines might be cheaper, quicker than current delivery methods
Health care workers who wear contaminated gloves can transfer bacteria onto hospital surfaces

Health Care Workers’ Gloves Strong Source of Contamination

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Clear evidence that gloves of health care workers contaminate hospital surfaces with bacteria
Analysis of blood samples from young children in Flint

CDC Expert Says Flint Water Crisis Could Easily Have Been Avoided

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Agency looked at children's blood levels before, during, and after city's switch to local water
For patients with knee osteoarthritis

Autologous Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells May Ease Knee OA

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Single intra-articular injection of autologous adipose-derived stromal cells can improve pain, mobility
For children with rickets

Daily Calcium Intake of 1,000 or 2,000 mg Best for Rickets

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More rapid radiographic healing for children with 1,000 and 2,000 mg compared with 500 mg/day
For men with metastatic prostate cancer

ADT Plus Radiotherapy Ups Survival in Metastatic Prostate CA

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Superior median, five-year OS for prostate RT plus ADT versus ADT alone in propensity score analyses
For women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse

Vaginal Pessary Beneficial in Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Improvements in prolapse symptoms and quality of life with pessary added to pelvic floor exercises
Alanine aminotransferase levels within normal range are associated with cardiovascular event risk

ALT Levels Within Normal Range Linked to Cardiovascular Events

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Incident cardiovascular events were highest for those in the lowest tertile of baseline ALT
Catheter reduction programs are associated with a reduction in the number of catheter days per 100 patient-days

Catheter Reduction Programs Do Reduce Use of Catheters

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Centers without reduction programs have higher use of catheters overall, for inappropriate indications
Skin biopsies from patients co-infected with HIV and syphilis have moderate to extensive lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate

Lymphoplasmacytic Infiltrate Seen in Syphilis, HIV Co-Infection

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Skin biopsies show moderate to extensive infiltrate; quantity of treponemes linked to CD4 count