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At 2 years, none of the patients maintained on medical therapy had entered into a state of diabetes remission, whereas 75% of the gastric bypass and 95% of the biliopancreatic diversion patients had become diabetes free.
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THE FIRST IN THE CLASS OF GUANYLATE CYCLASE C-RECEPTOR agonists has been approved by the FDA for constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation.
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Patients on oral anticoagulants at high risk of falls did not have significantly increased risk of major bleeds.
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In a matched cohort study involving immunocompetent individuals ¡Ý 60 years of age, the incidence of herpes zoster recurrence following a recent initial episode was low in both herpes zoster vaccine recipients and the unvaccinated. This low-risk questions the need for vaccinating immunocompetent adults with recent herpes zoster infections.
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Approximately one in five children evaluated in the emergency department (ED) are physically abused: Emergency physicians and primary care physicians have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential of every injured child. This article reviews the identification, evaluation, and management of a child with possible physical abuse.
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The researchers behind this study attempted to correlate quantitative measurements of omega-3 levels in red blood cells (RBC) with a variety of cognitive measures and tests for dementia. They found that people with lower RBC omega-3 levels had significantly worse results in brain testing.
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Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common infection that afflicts an estimated 75% of sexually active women at least once in their life,1 and of these, approximately 50% will develop a second episode, with 5% suffering recurrent VVC (defined as four or more episodes within a 1-year period).