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Review: No Clear Link for Calcium Supplements, CVD

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Other physicians urge caution, however, and say these findings aren't conclusive
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that primary care interventions to promote breastfeeding can have a moderate net benefit. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Oct. 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Recommends Primary Care Breastfeeding Interventions

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Evidence suggests that interventions to promote breastfeeding have a moderate net benefit
While a birthing pool during the early stages of labor may offer some advantages

ACOG: Water Immersion Not Recommended for Delivery

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Immersion may help during early labor, but poses risks during delivery, ob-gyns advise
Women across the globe are now nearly as likely as men to drink and to engage in excessive

Women Catching Up With Men in Alcohol Consumption, Misuse

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Females also closing the gender gap on health problems from alcohol consumption
Nearly one-third of cancer deaths among Americans aged 35 or older are caused by smoking

Smoking Still Responsible for Many U.S. Cancer Deaths

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Linked to close to one-third of fatal cancers in patients 35 and older
Fear of cancer recurrence seems to be a primary reason why breast cancer patients choose to have their cancer-free breast removed at the same time as their affected breast

ACS: Contralateral Mastectomy Rates Up in Breast CA Patients

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Reasons include thinking it is the best treatment for breast cancer and fear of recurrence
Clinicians are cautiously supportive of an electronic portal to enhance communication in the intensive care unit

ICU Clinicians Cautiously Support Electronic Portals

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Focus groups assess perspectives of ICU clinicians on current state of communication
Resveratrol supplementation does not improve hepatic or peripheral insulin sensitivity among patients with type 2 diabetes

Resveratrol Doesn’t Improve Insulin Sensitivity

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Does not affect hepatic or peripheral insulin sensitivity in patients with well-controlled diabetes
In patients with stable chronic ischemic heart disease and histories of nonsevere hypersensitivity reactions to acetylsalicylic acid/nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Guidance for Coronary Patients With ASA/NSAID Sensitivity

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Challenge, desensitization recommended in stable patients with reaction history
Once-daily testosterone solution 2 percent is safe and improves sex drive and energy in men with androgen deficiency

Continued 2 Percent Daily Testosterone Safe, Effective

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Also found to improve sex drive and energy in men with androgen deficiency