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Patients who are first-time users of opioids should be prescribed a small dose without refills to reduce the risk of long-term use and possible addiction

Low Initial Dose, No Refills Can Help Prevent Opioid Dependency

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Patients given two prescription fills were 2.25 times more likely to become long-term opioid users
Overweight and obese women who eat a Western-style diet may develop more dense breast tissue

Western Diet May Contribute to Dense Breasts

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In study, women who ate such a diet also had 46 percent higher risk of breast cancer
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded that the evidence is currently insufficient to weigh the balance of benefits and harms of screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents (aged 20 years or younger). These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Aug. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Lipid Screening in Children, Teens

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I statement shows current evidence is insufficient to weigh balance of benefits and harms of screening
For patients with type 1 diabetes

Addition of Dapagliflozin Improves Glycemia in T1DM

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Improvements in glycated hemoglobin, weight loss with addition of dapagliflozin to insulin, liraglutide
Hydroxycitrate

Hydroxycitrate Promising for Kidney Stone Prevention

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Researchers suggest it might offer alternative to current treatment that has side effects
For patients with predictors of failure of the transradial approach for coronary angiography

Radiation Measures Similar for Left, Right Transradial Approach

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All radiation measures were lowest for patients with the transfemoral approach
For women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Soy Isoflavones Beneficial in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Improvement in markers of insulin resistance, hormone status, triglycerides, oxidative stress
Higher baseline high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is associated with less treatment-linked improvement in depression in patients with type 1 diabetes

hs-CRP Predicts Depression Treatment Response in T1DM

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Higher hs-CRP tied to poorer outcomes of depression treatment in type 1, but not type 2, diabetes
Guidelines have been developed for neoadjuvant chemotherapy use for newly diagnosed

Recs Developed for Neoadjuvant Chemo in Ovarian Cancer

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Guidance provided for clinicians treating women with stage IIIC or IV epithelial ovarian cancer
For patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Review IDs Predictors of Post-TAVR Cerebrovascular Events

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Female sex, chronic kidney disease, enrollment date, new-onset atrial fibrillation predict CVEs