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Exposure to phobic images without conscious awareness may be more effective than longer

Very Brief Exposure to Phobic Stimuli Beneficial in Therapy

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Process may facilitate processing, while minimizing experience of fear
For patients with chronic kidney disease

Patient Satisfaction High With Nurse-Led Chronic Kidney Dz Care

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Suggested improvements relate to car-parking, more practical support, accessible locations
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Novel Oral Glucose Lowering Drugs Cut Risks in T2DM

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Reduced risk of all-cause mortality and CVD with dapagliflozin; lower risk of mortality with DPP-4i
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have clinical response to treatment

Active Synovitis With Osteitis Predicts Residual Synovitis in RA

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Findings among patients with rheumatoid arthritis who achieve clinical low disease activity or remission
For patients with left main coronary artery disease

PCI Viable Alternative to CABG for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

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PCI is safe, efficacious in appropriately selected patients; randomized studies will aid decision making
Nighttime intensivist staffing is not associated with reduced intensive care unit patient mortality

Nighttime Intensivist Staffing Not Linked to ICU Mortality

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No correlation with mortality in meta-analysis of one randomized trial, three nonrandomized studies
The noise of modern life causes permanent hearing damage to many U.S. adults who don't even suspect they've experienced a loss

CDC: Noise-Related Hearing Loss Often Unrecognized in U.S. Adults

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One in four adults who believes their hearing is good or excellent actually has hearing damage
Hemoglobin A1c measurements may be less accurate in black people who have sickle cell trait

Sickle Cell Trait May Affect Reliability of HbA1c Readings

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HbA1c levels significantly lower than in people without sickle cell trait
A new adult vaccine schedule from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has been published online Feb. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

CDC Issues Updated Immunization Schedule

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CDC panel revises immunization advisory for vaccines in adults
For patients with Clostridium difficile infection

30-day Mortality Down With Vancomycin in C. difficile

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But Clostridium difficile recurrence rate similar for metronidazole, vancomycin