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For patients with molluscum contagiosum lesions

Local Hyperthermia Can Clear Molluscum Contagiosum Lesions

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More than half of 21 patients in pilot study had lesions cleared within 12 weeks
More imaging tests after treatment does not always lead to an improvement in thyroid cancer patients' chances of survival

Imaging Post-Thyroid Cancer Treatment Doesn’t Always Benefit

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Dramatic increase in imaging, but only radioiodine scans associated with improved survival
In many cases of meniscal tear

Surgery Not Always Necessary for Meniscal Tears

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Researchers suggest exercise will work on its own
The U.S. prescription drug abuse epidemic has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks in rural and suburban communities

Rapid HIV Transmission Seen in Injection Drug Users in Rural U.S.

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Indiana case offers a lesson for other rural communities
Varicocele embolization has a high rate of technical success

Success Rate High for Varicocele Embolization

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Groin, neck approaches same in terms of radiation dose/screening time, success, complications
While overall U.S. medical spending growth slowed between 2004 and 2013

Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy

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But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor
An experimental drug spurred substantial weight loss in patients with proopiomelanocortin deficiency

Drug Shows Promise for Genetic Proopiomelanocortin Deficiency

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After 10 months of daily treatment, one patient lost 112 lbs; another lost 45 lbs in three months
About one-third of Princeton University students given a vaccine to combat a meningitis B outbreak on campus in 2013 didn't show signs of protection against the infection eight weeks later

Seropositivity of Meningitis B Vaccine Lower Than Expected

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One in three students didn't get immunity against outbreak strain after two doses
Brisk walking may be more effective than jogging in controlling blood glucose levels in patients with prediabetes

Walking Briskly May Outperform Jogging in Prediabetes

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Researchers determine optimal amount for lowering elevated blood glucose
Doctors aren't using one of the most effective weapons at their disposal in battling addiction to prescription opioids -- buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone)

Buprenorphine-Naloxone Use in Medicare Patients Low

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Prescribers represent less than 2 percent of the 381,575 prescribers with 56.5 million opioid claims