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Infants at increased risk for peanut allergy should have peanut-containing foods added to their diets as early as 4 months of age

Guidelines Urge Earlier Peanut Intro for High-Risk Infants

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Change in allergy recommendations based on results of groundbreaking trial
An artificial larynx has provided long-term relief for a throat cancer patient in France who had a total laryngectomy

Artificial Larynx Implant Feasible After Total Laryngectomy

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New device has improved long-term quality of life in patient with total laryngectomy
The heart-healthy Mediterranean diet may also help preserve brain health in older adults

Further Evidence Mediterranean Diet Ups Brain Health in Seniors

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Older adults who favor this eating style lose less brain volume, researchers find
Respiratory muscle strength assessments can predict survival or ventilator-free survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Respiratory Muscle Strength Can Predict Survival in ALS

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Twitch trans-diaphragmatic pressure is most powerful biomarker for mortality stratification
For high-risk women

Letrozole Tops Aspirin for Halting Ovarian Hyperstimulation

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Decreases incidence of moderate and severe early-onset ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Vitamin D insufficiency at birth or age 6 months is not associated with food allergy at 1 year

Vitamin D Insufficiency in Infancy Not Linked to Food Allergy

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No correlation for vitamin D insufficiency at birth or 6 months with food allergy at 1 year
From 2000 to 2011 there were shifts in the treatment of advanced-stage non-small-cell lung cancer

2000 to 2011 Saw Shift in Treatment for Advanced NSCLC

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Rise in use of pemetrexed, erlotinib, bevacizumab; longest treatment duration with these agents
Consumption of single omega-3 is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Meta-Analysis Links Omega-3 Fatty Acid Consumption to T2DM

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Composition, ethnicity, trial duration, recruited age all influence effect of omega-3 on T2DM progression
Patients with psoriasis report wanting to be treated as individuals and preferring individualized health education

Consultations Rarely Address Psoriasis Patients’ Concerns

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Patients report wanting to be met as individuals, prefer individualized health education
Apolipoprotein CIII and apoCIII-to-apoA1 ratio are correlated with incident type 2 diabetes

Some Apolipoproteins Linked to Incident Type 2 Diabetes

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ApoCIII and apoCIII-to-apoA1 ratio associated with T2D independent of known risk factors