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Remote nonpainful electrical upper arm skin stimulation may be a promising new treatment for migraines

Wireless Stimulation Device May Help Reduce Migraine Pain

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Electrical stimulation can ease pain if started soon after symptoms begin
Multiple sclerosis is more likely to progress to advanced disease among patients who suffer from fatigue and limited use of their legs

AAN: Certain Symptoms Predictive of Worsening MS

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Fatigue, limited leg function tied to progressive disease
In treatment of insomnia

Past Prescribing Behavior Predicts Choice of Insomnia Rx

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Historical preference highly predictive of future prescribing behavior
For individuals with a diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis

Care Setting Affects Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis

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Likelihood of undergoing procedural management increased for treatment in fee-for-service system
There is considerable variation in the cost of actinic keratosis management

Variation in Cost of Actinic Keratosis Management

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Adjusted ratio of mean cost in highest versus lowest quintile ranged from 1.72 to 1.80
Treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism or hypothyroxinemia before 20 weeks of gestation is not associated with better cognitive outcomes in children

Cognitive Outcomes in Children No Better With Levothyroxine Tx

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Subclinical hypothyroidism, hypothyroxinemia tx in pregnancy not linked to improved outcomes
For patients with small-cell lung cancer

Pravastatin Does Not Improve Survival in Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Median overall survival of 10.6 versus 10.7 months for pravastatin versus placebo added to chemo
Receiving a preoperative educational telephone call does not reduce anxiety or improve satisfaction for patients undergoing same-day office consultation and Mohs micrographic surgery

Pre-Op Phone Consult Doesn’t Cut Anxiety Before Mohs Surgery

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Educational telephone consult doesn't reduce anxiety or up satisfaction before Mohs micrographic sx
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Reduced Health Care Use for Exenatide Regimens in T2DM

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Reduced costs for patients with exenatide-based regimens prescribed once weekly or twice daily
Colorectal cancer rates among those aged 50 and older have fallen 32 percent since 2000

Colorectal Cancer Rates, Mortality Down in Americans Aged ≥50

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Report suggests higher screening rates explain the positive trend