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Parents Often Make Dosing Errors With Liquid Medications
Parents make fewer mistakes using oral syringes compared to cups
Pregnancy Screens Lacking for Teens With Leukemia
Low rates for teens with acute leukemia and ER visits before teratogenic exposures
Review of Evidence Confirms Efficacy of Statin Therapy
Larger absolute benefits for prolonged therapy; benefits outweigh rare cases of adverse events
Platelet-Rich Plasma, Hyaluronic Acid Improves Aging Facial Skin
Clinically visible, significant improvement noted; number of injections linked to overall satisfaction
One in Four Older Adults Report Breathlessness
Breathlessness linked to lower ratings of well-being; higher rates of clinic, ER visits, hospitalization
Corticosteroids Linked to Worse Outcome in Facial Palsy
Worse facial function outcomes for patients with Lyme disease-associated facial palsy
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Ups Insulin Resistance
Effect estimates much larger and highly significant for individuals with prediabetes
Levonorgestrel IUD Potentially Cost-Effective in Obese Women
Intrauterine device is potentially cost-effective for prevention of deaths from endometrial cancer
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Use Up in Ovarian Cancer Treatment
NACT use up from 2003 to 2012; linked to shorter overall survival in stage IIIC but not stage IV disease
Sleep Apnea Diagnoses Up Among Outpatients From 1993 to 2010
Majority of diagnoses reported by primary care providers, pulmonologists, and otolaryngologists
