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Women who follow a very healthy diet are much less likely than those who eat poorly to have a baby with tetralogy of Fallot or atrial septal defects

Healthier Diet Linked to Reduced Congenital Heart Defects

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Tied to reduced risks of tetralogy of Fallot and atrial septal defects
Nonselective beta-blocker use is associated with improved overall survival among patients with epithelial ovarian

Nonselective Beta-Blocker Use Ups Survival in Ovarian Cancers

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Longer median overall survival for patients receiving any beta-blocker versus nonusers
In 2001 to 2010

Ureteric Injury Risk With Hysterectomy Up 2001 to 2010

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Risk varies by type of hysterectomy for benign and malignant conditions; lower for benign conditions
Weight loss is more successful for obese patients who feel they have the most helpful doctors compared to those who feel their doctors are less helpful

Supportive Doctors Boost Patients’ Weight-Loss Efforts

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Researcher suggests including physicians in commercial programs
New mothers may inadvertently pass industrial chemicals along to their infants through breastfeeding

Perfluorinated Alkylate Levels Up in Breastfed Infants

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And PFASs appear to lower effectiveness of some childhood vaccinations, researchers add
In low-risk pregnancies

Equally Safe Delivery for Low Risk by Family Doctors, Ob-Gyns

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But outcomes for high-risk are best at higher-volume, more specialized hospitals
Administration of a tamoxifen-phospholipid complex is associated with improvement in tamoxifen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Tamoxifen-Phospholipid Complex May Alleviate TMX Toxicity

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Rat study demonstrates improvement in tamoxifen-induced hepatotoxicity with TMX-PLC
Hidradenoma papilliferum in association with pregnancy has been illustrated in a case report published online Aug. 12 in the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology.

Case Report: Hidradenoma Papilliferum in Pregnancy

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Case report describes woman presenting with cystic nodule on the vulva during pregnancy
Practices can employ patient and family advisors in order to help them focus on patient-centered care needs

Patient, Family Advisors Can Play Key Role in Practices

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Advisors can help practices focus on patient-centered care, rather than assumptions about patient needs
Researchers say they've developed a non-invasive test that can detect melanoma skin cancer without a biopsy. Their findings were published online Aug. 11 in Nature Scientific Reports.

Non-Invasive Laser Technique Accurately Detects Melanoma

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Small study showed 100 percent sensitivity and 90.9 percent specificity