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Patients who've recently undergone surgery -- especially those with cancer or autoimmune diseases -- experience slightly higher risks of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome soon afterward

Link Found Between Surgery and Development of Guillain-Barré

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History of autoimmune disease or malignancy may predispose some patients
Older fallers have often been administered high-risk medications

Older Fallers Have Often Been Administered High-Risk Drugs

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High-risk medication frequently administered at doses higher than recommended
In a clinical report published online Nov. 28 in Pediatrics

AAP Urges Clinician Counseling of Safe Participation in Martial Arts

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Pediatric health care providers should support rule change to eliminate blows to the head
Pediatricians have a role in helping children deal with parental separation or divorce

Pediatricians Can Play a Role in Helping Children of Divorce

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Pediatricians should always be the child's advocate and try to maintain relationships with both parents
The benefit of screening mammography may continue with increasing age up until 90

RSNA: No Evidence for Age-Based Mammography Cut-Off

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Researchers find benefits for some women up to the age of 90
For men with prostate cancer

ADT Use Not Linked to Dementia in Prostate Cancer

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No increased risk of dementia for androgen deprivation therapy use versus nonuse
For individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Liraglutide Doesn’t Affect Gastric Emptying in Type 1 Diabetes

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In placebo controlled trial, no between-group differences in change in gastric emptying rate
Birth cohort seems to affect the risk of ischemic stroke

Significant Birth Cohort Effect in Ischemic Stroke Risk

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Age-adjusted rates of stroke lower for those born 1945 to 1954 compared with those born earlier, later
Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein early (day one) or late (day three to five) levels are associated with mortality in patients with acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure

In Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Failure, FABP1 IDs Mortality

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Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein can discriminate survivors from non-survivors
Many nursing home residents do not initiate beta-blocker use after acute myocardial infarction

Many Nursing Home Residents Not Taking β-Blockers After AMI

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Use of beta-blockers was less in older residents, those with higher functional impairment