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For hospitalized patients

Sleep Duration, Efficiency Linked to Inpatient Hyperglycemia

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Longer sleep duration, increased sleep efficiency cut odds of hyperglycemia, impaired fasting glucose
Osimertinib is more effective than platinum-pemetrexed therapy in patients with T790M-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed during first-line epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment

Osimertinib Bests Platinum-Pemetrexed in T790M+ NSCLC

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Significantly longer duration of progression-free survival with osimertinib vs platinum-pemetrexed
A single dose of an experimental gene therapy may benefit patients with hemophilia B

ASH: Single Dose of Gene Therapy Effective in Hemophilia B

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Small, preliminary trial suggests it may free hemophilia B patients from transfusions
An experimental drug for infants with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 appears to be effective

Nusinersen Shows Promise in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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Study results are promising but do not represent a cure
Cardiac arrest patients who receive epinephrine within five minutes are more likely to survive than those who don't receive the drug within that time frame

Timely Epinephrine Increases Cardiac Arrest Survival

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Dose within five minutes of cardiac arrest increases chances by 20 percent
A vaccine made from patient-derived acute myeloid leukemia cells and dendritic cells can dramatically increase the chance of long-term survival against acute myeloid leukemia

Personalized Vaccine Effective Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Made by combining immune cells, cancer cells, it's kept some patients in remission for nearly five years
Escalating prices of the drug naloxone may threaten efforts to reduce opioid-related deaths across America

Naloxone Price Hikes Could Affect Rates of Opioid-Related Deaths

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Investigators identify strategies for ensuring the drug's availability
In a case report published online Dec. 7 in Pediatrics

Titanium Exposure Tied to Yellow Nail Syndrome in Pediatric Patient

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Titanium detected in nail clippings; exposure may have come from swallowing children's toothpaste
Ambulatory blood pressure may be a better indicator of health risks than clinic blood pressure

Readings Taken in Clinic May Underestimate Ambulatory BP

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Young, lean patients can have hypertension not caught during regular exams, researchers find
More older Americans are using cannabis

Cannabis Use Up in Americans Aged 50 and Up

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Americans 65-plus more than doubled their use of cannabis over eight years