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Monthly Archives: August 2017

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Once-Daily Triple-Tx Improves Lung Function, HRQoL in COPD

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Significantly improved FEV1 and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire scores
For patients with diabetes

Secure Messaging Linked to Better Diabetes Management

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Diabetes patients frequently used secure messaging for medical advice in addition to routine visits
The association between sedentary time and mortality varies with level of frailty among adults aged 50 years and older

Link for Sedentary Time, Mortality Varies With Frailty Level

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Sedentary time has greatest adverse impact among adults ≥50 years with highest frailty level
Use of geriatric consultation remains sparse among older patients undergoing surgery for kidney cancer

Geriatric Consults Remain Rare in Kidney Cancer Care

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Although use of medical co-management and rehabilitation services increasing
Clinical features

Clinical Feature Model Predicts Colitis Outcomes

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Clinical features can predict both colectomy and steroid dependence
The Zika virus might not remain in the semen of some infected men as long as previously thought

Zika Does Not Appear to Last in Semen As Long As Thought

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More research is needed to better inform public health recommendations
Radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer is not associated with increased risk of stroke

Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Doesn’t Up Stroke Risk

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I-131 therapy group showed no significantly higher risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
As kidney function declines

Higher Odds of Infection With Reduced Kidney Function

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Study finds excess community-acquired infections incidence in individuals with mild to severe CKD
Hospital adoption of procalcitonin testing has had little impact on antibiotic prescribing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations

Procalcitonin Testing Not Impacting Antibiotic Rx for COPD

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Findings among patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation
Accelerometer-measured physical activity levels are strongly associated with major mobility disability (MMD) and persistent MMD events in older adults with limited mobility

Physical Activity Predicts Disability in Older Adults

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Findings based on a study using accelerometer-measured physical activity