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Preoperative aspirin does not lower risk of death or thrombotic complications among patients undergoing coronary artery surgery

No Benefit From Aspirin Prior to Coronary Artery Surgery

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No link to decreased risk of death or thrombotic complications after surgery
A monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine can reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection

Reduced HIV-1 Infection Incidence With Vaginal Ring

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Monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine reduces risk of HIV-1 infection among African women
Many Ebola survivors have neurological symptoms that last long after other signs of the infection are gone

AAN: Ebola May Leave Lasting Neurological Symptoms

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Six months after active illness, headaches, memory loss, depression were still being reported
Bariatric surgery to promote substantial weight loss is linked to reduced rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for heart failure exacerbations among obese patients with the condition

Bariatric Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Failure Exacerbations

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Fewer ER visits or hospitalizations after the surgery among obese patients with heart failure
Use of vaginal estrogen should be carefully considered by women with a history of estrogen-dependent breast cancer

ACOG: Vaginal Estrogen Can Be Used for Breast Cancer Survivors

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Decision to use vaginal estrogen should be made with oncologist, after consideration of data
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