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Placement of a retropubic urethral sling fashioned from autologous vas deferens during robotic assisted radical prostatectomy does not improve recovery of continence

Autologous Urethral Sling No Benefit After Prostatectomy

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No benefit seen in continence for sling placement during robotic assisted radical prostatectomy
Breastfeeding mothers prefer supplementing themselves with vitamin D rather than supplementing their infants

Breastfeeding Mothers Prefer to Supplement Their Own Vitamin D

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Only 55 percent of mothers supplement infants with vitamin D; most prefer to supplement themselves
Cognitive

Neurodevelopment at Age 2 Not Worse After ART Conception

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Cognitive, motor, language development similar for children born after ART versus natural conception
Many doctors bill their private-paying patients two

Physician Excess Charges Create Financial Burden for Patients

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Fees affect uninsured Americans, privately insured patients who use out-of-network physicians
Researchers evaluating evidence for tonsillectomy found that more children would receive significant short-term improvement in their daily life if the current guidelines were relaxed. The two reviews were published online Jan. 17 in Pediatrics.

Current Guidelines for Pediatric Tonsillectomies Questioned

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Understanding of longer-term outcomes or effects in subpopulations deemed lacking
Acupuncture may be an effective treatment option for infantile colic

Acupuncture Reduces Crying in Infants With Colic

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No serious adverse events reported in study of colicky infants
Men who have sex with men receiving antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV infection may be at increased risk for syphilis

Syphilis Risk May Be Higher in HIV Patients on Antiretrovirals

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Medications may raise susceptibility to bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease
About one-third of adults with a history of physician-diagnosed asthma within the past five years have no evidence of asthma

Current Asthma Ruled Out for One-in-Three Diagnosed Adults

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Those in whom current asthma was ruled out less likely to have undergone testing for airflow limitation
Two leading medical organizations are recommending a less aggressive target for the treatment of hypertension in adults 60 and older who are otherwise healthy. The new clinical practice guideline was published online Jan. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACP, AAFP Raise BP Rx Threshold for Healthy Adults Over 60

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Guideline says therapy should begin after systolic BP meets or exceeds 150 mm Hg, not 140
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae is more widespread in U.S. hospitals than previously thought and needs to be more closely monitored

Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria More Problematic Than Thought

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Study of four U.S. hospitals found wide variety of species resistant to antibiotics of last resort