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Recommendations have been developed for home oxygen therapy in children with chronic respiratory conditions; the clinical practice guideline from the American Thoracic Society was published in the Feb. 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

ATS Issues Practice Guideline for Pediatric Home Oxygen Therapy

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Guidelines are specific to several pediatric lung, pulmonary vascular diseases
The battle against new HIV infections has lost some steam in recent years

CDC: Progress in HIV Prevention Has Stalled in the United States

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Agency says effective HIV prevention, treatment not reaching those who could most benefit
Egg-allergic children who undergo egg oral immunotherapy and achieve sustained unresponsiveness eat more egg and have fewer symptoms five years later

AAAAI: Egg Oral Immunotherapy Shows Sustained Benefit in Children

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All children with sustained unresponsiveness ingested concentrated and baked egg
Maternal prenatal vitamin intake during the first month of pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in siblings of children with ASD

Prenatal Vitamin Intake in Early Pregnancy May Cut Autism Risk

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ASD risk down for children whose mothers took prenatal vitamins during first month of pregnancy
For patients with advanced ovarian cancer who have undergone intra-abdominal macroscopically complete resection and have clinically negative lymph nodes

Lymphadenectomy Does Not Up Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

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Findings seen after intra-abdominal macroscopically complete resection with normal lymph nodes
Candesartan plus hydrochlorothiazide

Lowering BP, Lipids in Healthy Elderly Has No Cognitive Effect

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Candesartan/hydrochlorothiazide, rosuvastatin, combination therapy do not affect cognitive decline
There is seasonal variation in achievement of the guideline targets for hemoglobin A1c

Achievement of Targets in T2DM Varies by Season

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Achievement rates for all three targets and for HbA1c, BP, LDL-C are lowest in the winter
The proportion of human papillomavirus 16/18-positive cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 to 3 or adenocarcinoma in situ declined from 2008 to 2014

Decline Observed in HPV Type 16/18 Cervical Precancers in U.S.

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Greatest declines seen among vaccinated women; decreases also seen in unvaccinated women
For clinical stage I testicular cancer patients

Adjuvant Tx for Early Testicular Cancer Does Not Harm Sperm

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Adjuvant tx has no clinically significant long-term effect on total sperm number, concentration
Antenatal corticosteroid therapy is associated with reductions in birth size for infants

Antenatal Corticosteroid Tx Tied to Reduction in Birth Size

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Reduction in birth size seen for infants born preterm, near term, or at term with ACT exposure