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Training Can Improve Patients’ Fluid, Salt Intake in Hemodialysis

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Effective at some time points in decreasing fluid, salt intake among those undergoing hemodialysis
Combination therapy with platelet-rich plasma and microdermabrasion is an effective treatment for striae distensae

Faster Results With Combined Therapy for Striae Distensae

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Patients treated with intradermal platelet-rich plasma and microdermabrasion in the same session
Writing an effective work restriction note is important for protecting pregnant women's jobs

Work Restriction Notes Should Be Carefully Written

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Case vignette illustrates consequences of poorly written note for pregnant patient
Adults who look older than their years may be aging at an accelerated pace

Researchers Say Some People Do Age Faster Than Others

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At 38, the biology of some adults was 20 years older, researchers find
Young women who breastfeed may have a reduced risk of early subclinical atherosclerosis during midlife

Breastfeeding May Help Reduce Midlife Atherosclerosis

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Unknown whether these women will have lower rates of myocardial infarction, stroke as they age
New research provides more evidence of a possible link between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant use early in pregnancy and a small increased risk of birth defects. The study appears online July 8 in The BMJ.

Another Study Shows Link Between SSRIs and Birth Defects

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But finding doesn't prove medications caused increased risk of birth defects
Lower levels of circulating myeloid dendritic cell subtype 2 in children who live on farms may contribute to a protective effect against asthma

Farm-Related Immunoregulation Tied to Dendritic Cell Subset

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Lower levels of circulating myeloid dendritic cell subtype 2 in children who live on farms
Specific biomarkers correlate with cardiovascular dysfunction and all-cause mortality among HIV-infected individuals

Specific Biomarkers ID Cardiac Dysfunction, Mortality Risk in HIV

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ST2 and GDF-15 linked to cardiovascular dysfunction and all-cause mortality in HIV-infected
Low forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) in early adulthood without accelerated decline in FEV1 correlates with later chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Low FEV1 in Early Adulthood May Be Important in COPD Genesis

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While accelerated decline in FEV1 is not an obligate feature of COPD
An IGF2 variant (c.191C→A

IGF2 Variant Affects Prenatal and Postnatal Growth

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Severe growth restriction for family members who inherit the variant through paternal transmission