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Intralesional immunotherapy is more effective than cryotherapy for treatment of wart lesions

Immunotherapy Better Than Cryotherapy for Wart Lesions

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Better therapeutic response to immunotherapy and fewer sessions needed for complete remission
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs don't help most patients with back pain

NSAIDs Found to Be of Little Benefit to Patients With Back Pain

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Patients who took NSAIDs were also 2.5 times more likely to suffer gastrointestinal side effects
Adjuvant endocrine therapy can reduce the likelihood that women diagnosed with certain breast cancers will experience a recurrence of their disease

Underuse, Misuse of Hormone Tx in Breast Cancer Still Occurring

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Estimated 14,630 women not given recommended therapy died from cancer recurrence from 2004-2013
Insomnia may increase the risk of asthma in adults

Insomnia Associated With Higher Risk of Developing Asthma

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Adults with chronic insomnia three times more likely to develop asthma, researchers say
For patients with advanced heart failure

Centrifugal-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Noninferior

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Newer design noninferior to axial-flow LVAD for survival free from disabling stroke or device removal
Transverse myelitis can be a manifestation of celiac disease in young children

Transverse Myelitis ID’d As Manifestation of Celiac Dx in Child

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Case report describes cachectic, irritable 17-month-old girl with abnormal MRI findings

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Jan. 23-28

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The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 36th Annual Meeting: The Pregnancy Meeting The annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine was held from...
For pregnant women

SMFM: Weekend Deliveries Have Slightly Higher Complication Risks

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Slightly increased maternal mortality ratio for weekend deliveries, researchers say
When prostate cancer recurs after surgery

Bicalutamide Improves Survival After Prostate Cancer Returns

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Fewer bicalutamide patients died of prostate cancer compared to patients taking placebo
In a letter to the editor published in the Feb. 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

Patient Infected With HIV Despite Long-Term Adherence to PrEP

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43-year-old man infected with strain of HIV that has become resistant to Truvada