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To perform the study, researchers designed a pooled analysis of individual data from two large studies by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an international collaboration on cancer research, and the Institut Català d'Oncologia, a Spanish-based oncology research program.
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Barrett's Esophagus: What's the Risk?; Life Expectancy: The Japanese Are #1; The Calcium/Cardiovascular Disease Link; What Factors Lead to Acquisition of Clostridium difficile?; The Relationship Between Sleep and Hypertension; DPP4 Inhibitors are Associated with Reduced Risk of Hip Fracture
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Screening for lung cancer by means of chest X-ray (CXR) does not reduce mortality, even with the addition of sputum cytology.
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Can Appendicitis be Cured with Antibiotics Alone?; Antihypertensive Medication Nonadherence and Blood Pressure; PDE5 Inhibition and Cognitive Function; What Things are Making us Gain Weight?; Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Risk for Developing Diabetes; The Ipswich Touch Test for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
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The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction (MI) are well known. However, whether these benefits are also seen in ambulant community-based patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not known.
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Most (83%) patients/surrogates stated they preferred full code status but only 4% could identify the components of CPR; 16% stated preferences that differed with the medical record.
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Standard therapy for bacterial meningitis in children is probably overkill but it is risky to cut back in resource-rich countries.
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This randomized study of low-tidal-volume ventilation during and after cardiac surgery, in comparison to ventilation with tidal volumes of 10 mL/kg predicted body weight, showed no differences in median ventilation time but higher rates of extubation by 6 and 8 hours postoperatively and fewer reintubations in the low-tidal-volume group.
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Using an algorithm based on score and chest X-ray when appropriate, the overall sensitivity for the detection of aortic dissection was 96%.
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In recent months, Escherichia coli O104:H4 has infected more than 4,000 people and caused 880 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in Europe, with the majority of cases reported in Germany and with more recent outbreaks in France and Switzerland. Travelers should implement food hygiene precautions to prevent infection when visiting Europe.