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Are women getting screened for osteoporosis? Just-released research suggests answer is ‘no’
Too few women at high risk for osteoporosis are being tested for the condition, while too many women at low risk are being screened, results of a California-based study suggest.
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At least 20 insurers aren’t offering Affordable Care Act’s breastfeeding benefits
Breastfeeding rates continue to rise. In 2011, 79% of U.S. newborn infants started to breastfeed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Research indicates text messages can aid adolescent adherence to contraceptive use
Sending teen girls periodic text messages reminding them to follow through on their clinic appointments for periodic birth control injections aids in improving timing and adherence to contraception, research indicates.
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Time to change Medicaid sterilization wait period
U.S. health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. In a journal analysis, national experts argue that this practice violates healthcare justice, as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women with a private source of payment.
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New research indicates promise of nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine
The recently approved nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine potentially can prevent 80% of cervical cancers in the United States if given to all 11- or 12-year-old children before they are exposed to the virus, results of a new seven-center study suggest.
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Research adds more insight into newer OCs and risk of VTE
Results from two United Kingdom population-based, case-control nested studies using two large primary care databases indicate risks of venous thromboembolism associated with combined oral contraceptives were, with the exception of norgestimate, higher for newer drug preparations than for second-generation drugs.
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Convexal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Amyloid Angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is emerging as a major cause of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in the elderly. The authors of this study undertook a careful review of all of the patients in their database over a 9-year period who had spontaneous convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and they performed a careful longitudinal analysis of clinical and neuroimaging data.
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Consequences of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Young Adults
Intracerebral hemorrhage accounts for 10-20% of all strokes in North America and Europe, with an overall incidence of 25 cases per 100,000 population annually. In this study, the authors evaluated the long-term survival and recovery of 268 1-month survivors ages 16-49 years to assess the prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage in the younger group.
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Can Dietary Intervention Delay the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease?
In a prospective study of an elderly population, moderate adherence to the MIND diet was associated with a 53% reduction in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Diagnosing POLG-related Diseases
Mutations of the polymerase-gamma subunit in mitochondrial DNA is a common cause of adult mitochondrial syndromes, such as myopathies, encephalopathies, epilepsy, and ataxias.