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A mind-body intervention can improve short-term function and current and most severe pain for elderly patients with chronic low back pain

Mind-Body Intervention Can Improve Function, Pain in LBP

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Findings show improvement in short-term function, short- and long-term current and most severe pain
For patients with acute gout

Prednisolone Deemed Safe, Effective First-Line Acute Gout Rx

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Oral prednisolone has similar analgesic effectiveness to indomethacin for acute gout
Recommendations have been developed for colorectal cancer screening in primary care. The guidelines were published online Feb. 22 in CMAJ

Recommendations Developed for CRC Screening in Primary Care

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Screening with gFOBT or flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces incidence of late-stage CRC, mortality
Women with previous early preeclampsia have signs of diastolic dysfunction and different left ventricular characteristics in the nonpregnant state before a second pregnancy with recurrent preeclampsia

Maternal Cardiac Dysfunction Precedes Recurrent Preeclampsia

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Women who go on to develop recurrent preeclampsia have lower stroke volume, cardiac output
Introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine has correlated with a reduction in quadrivalent HPV type prevalence among females aged 14 to 19 and 20 to 24 years

4vHPV Type Prevalence Down After Vaccine Introduction

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Decreases of 64 percent for females aged 14 to 19 years, 34 percent for those aged 20 to 24 years
Mini-dose glucagon administered using a stable

G-Pen May Aid Hypoglycemia With Type 1 Diabetes

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The mini-dose glucagon may provide more precise treatment than oral carb
Quality of life after a ductal carcinoma in situ diagnosis is generally comparable to that of similarly aged women without the diagnosis

Quality of Life After DCIS Diagnosis Doesn’t Decline

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At two years after diagnosis, physical, mental measures same as non-cancer patients
Application of once-daily topical testosterone effectively restores normal testosterone levels in men

Topical Rx Restores Testosterone Levels to Normal in Men

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Improvements also seen in sexual drive, energy level in hypogonadal men
Gum irritation

Fever Not Associated With Primary Tooth Eruption

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Any temperature rise tied to eruption not characterized as fever
Chewing gum relieves discomfort associated with ingestion of the polyethylene glycol solution for colonoscopy preparation

Chewing Gum Improves Colonoscopy Preparation

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Gum chewing minimizes discomfort and improves adherence to solution ingestion