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Intravenous corticosteroids are both safe and effective when used perioperatively in total knee or hip arthroplasty

Peri-Op IV Corticosteroids Benefit Knee, Hip Arthroplasty

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Intravenous corticosteroids have good efficacy and safety when used perioperatively
A geriatrics knowledge test demonstrates sound reliability for use in evaluating geriatrics fellowship programs

New Test Developed to Assess Geriatrics Fellowship Programs

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Progressive increases in score tied to additional geriatrics training
For patients with atrial fibrillation with two or more failed pulmonary vein isolation procedures

Ablating Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggers Improves A-Fib Outcome

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Success rate 81 percent for those with, 8 percent for those without non-pulmonary vein ablation
Humanitarian surgical care has been provided to local national civilians during the Afghanistan conflict

Study Details Humanitarian Surgical Care in Afghanistan

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A total of 5,768 local national civilians had surgery; 49.3 percent classified as non-war-related conditions
Panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder are not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes

Panic Disorder, GAD Not Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

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Benzodiazepines and serotonin reuptake inhibitors can slightly shorten the duration of gestation
From 2004-2005 to 2012-2013 there was an overall increase in suicide attempts among U.S. adults

Suicide Attempts in U.S. Up From 2004-2005 to 2012-2013

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Larger increases seen for younger adults with antisocial personality disorder, anxiety, depression
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014

AACR Releases 2017 Cancer Progress Report

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Twenty-five percent decrease in age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate from 1991 to 2014

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Sept. 8-11

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The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research was...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends cervical cancer screening with cervical cytology alone every three years or screening with high-risk human papillomavirus testing alone every five years in women ages 30 to 65 years. These findings form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online Sept. 12 by the USPSTF.

USPSTF Backs Cervical Cancer Screening With Cytology or hrHPV

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Recommendations for screening with cytology alone every three years or hrHPV testing every five years