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High doses of statin medications may benefit age-related macular degeneration

High-Dose Statins Benefit Some Cases of Macular Degeneration

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Patients experienced disappearance of drusen under the retina, slight improvement in vision clarity
Physicians recently met in Seattle to discuss the difficulties and benefits associated with electronic health records in a third town hall meeting on the subject

Doctors Offer Suggestions for Electronic Health Records

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Suggestions offered on how to make EHRs more functional in practice, and reduce regulatory burden
Exclusion of the Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas is associated with a reduction in the provision of contraception

Planned Parenthood Exclusion Cuts Contraceptive Provision

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Exclusion in Texas linked to reduction in long-acting reversible, injectable contraceptives
For patients undergoing drug-eluting stent placement

High Rate of Clopidogrel Non-Adherence After DES Placement

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Based on one-year refill data, 34 percent of patients had proportion of days covered <80 percent
Use of a faulty device in a regulatory drug trial has raised questions relating to rivaroxaban use

Safety Issues Raised in Key Trial Supporting Rivaroxaban Use

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Defective point-of-care device used in warfarin arm of ROCKET AF trial calls results into question
Patients with minimal exposure to benzodiazepine have a slightly increased risk of dementia

Minimal Benzodiazepine Exposure May Up Dementia Risk

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However, higher benzodiazepine use is not associated with more rapid cognitive decline
Routine use of amoxicillin does not improve nutritional recovery from uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in children

Routine Amoxicillin Use of No Benefit in Acute Malnutrition

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No difference versus placebo for nutritional recovery in children with severe acute malnutrition
Patients who self-report penicillin allergy might actually have chronic urticaria

Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy May Actually Be Chronic Urticaria

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Penicillin allergy or other self-reported allergies should be tested, researchers say
For obese women

Antenatal Metformin Cuts Maternal Weight Gain in Obese

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Findings among women without diabetes with BMI of >35; no reduction in neonatal birth weight
Although full influenza vaccination coverage is increasing among children aged 6 to 23 months

Less Than Half of U.S. Infants Fully Vaccinated for Influenza

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Increase in full vaccination coverage from 4.8 percent in 2002-2003 to 44.7 percent in 2011-2012