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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
Benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose deaths increased considerably from 1996 to 2013

Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Rose From 1996 to 2013

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Overdose death rate also increased but leveled out after 2010
For older adults

Macrolide Antibiotics Not Linked to Ventricular Arrhythmia

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Findings in older adults show macrolide antibiotics are linked to lower risk of all-cause mortality
A small reduction as the primary composite outcome may not justify the increased adverse events and costs associated with an intervention targeting systolic blood pressure less than 120 mm Hg

Authors Urge Caution Before Adopting New Systolic BP Goals

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Small absolute benefit seen in SPRINT must be balanced with increased adverse event rates
Curcumin exerts a hepatoprotective effect against acetaminophen-induced damage in mice

Curcumin May Help Prevent Liver Damage From Acetaminophen

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Effect seen in histological, plasma analysis by preventing mitochondrial changes
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
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
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
Among adults undergoing cardiac surgery

SCCM: Peri-Op Statins Don’t Cut Risk of AKI in Cardiac Surgery

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Study was stopped for futility after 615 participants completed study
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