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Poor PCI Outcomes Up for Very Old With STEMI
However, successful percutaneous coronary intervention benefits all age groups
IV Bisphosphonate Tx Linked to Drop in Bone Turnover in DMD
Need for therapies with less bone turnover suppression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Testosterone Treatment Tied to Improved Insulin Sensitivity
Increased insulin sensitivity in men with type 2 diabetes and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Glove-Related Hand Urticaria May Be Rising in Health Care Workers
Glove-related hand urticaria described as form of symptomatic dermographism
Time to Tx Initiation Impacts Survival in Head, Neck Cancer
Lower overall survival for time to treatment initiation of more than 46 to 52 days
Significant Lowering of Alar Rim With Cartilage Repositioning
Data from 54 patients show repositioning of the lower lateral cartilages linked to lowering of alar rim
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Up With Overweight, Obesity
Risk of CTS up 7.4 percent for each one-unit increase in body mass index
Addition of Immunosuppression No Benefit in IgA Nephropathy
No improvement in outcomes, more adverse effects for intensive supportive care + immunosuppression
Lixisenatide Doesn’t Affect Cardiovascular Risk in T2DM
Findings among patients with type 2 diabetes and recent acute coronary syndrome
Vitamin D3, Placebo Both Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
No significant between-group difference in decrease in mean pain VAS score, mean change in chronic pain
