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A genetic test may one day be able to predict the risk for Alzheimer's disease in young adults

Risk Score Could Help ID Alzheimer’s Risk in Young Adults

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Score also associated with worse memory, clinical progression in older adults
Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy or proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy Independently Tied to Depression

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Severe nonproliferative/proliferative diabetic retinopathy linked to greater depressive symptoms
The prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation is projected to increase in U.S. adults by 2040

Arthritis, Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitations Likely to Rise

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Prevalence of arthritis predicted to increase to 25.9 percent of all adults by 2040
For adults with diabetic gastroparesis

Relamorelin Beneficial in Adults With Diabetic Gastroparesis

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Drug is linked to significantly accelerated gastric emptying, reduced vomiting frequency
Persistent diarrhea is typically caused by parasites or bacteria and requires accurate diagnosis in order to determine appropriate treatment

Lab-Established Diagnosis Key for Persistent Diarrhea

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Microbiological causes of protracted diarrhea include detectable parasitic and bacterial pathogens
The diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome is discussed in a case vignette published online July 6 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Case Vignette Addresses Diagnosis, Management of PCOS

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Treatment decisions should be informed by patient priorities -- in this case hirsutism, irregular menses
From 1997 to 2011 there was a 48 percent reduction in emergency department mortality rates

1997 to 2011 Saw Almost 50 Percent Drop in ED Death Rates

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Patients with ER deaths were older, more likely to be male and white, had more severe triage acuity scores
Only about half of trials registered at ClinicalTrials.gov are listed in the largest data-sharing repository

Many Clinical Trials Are Not Listed in Data-Sharing Repository

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Fifty-three percent of randomized clinical trials were listed at Clinical Study Data Request website
Women with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3 have increased risks of subsequent development of anal

Risk of Noncervical Anogenital Cancer Up With History of CIN2/3

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Women with history of CIN2/3 have increased long-term risk of anal, vulvar, vaginal cancers
Diabetes predicts diminished quality of life improvements after lumbar decompression surgery

Diabetes Impacts QOL Outcome After Lumbar Decompression

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Diabetes predicts diminished improvement in postoperative EuroQol 5-Dimensions