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When closest family members of critically ill patients were interviewed 90 days later, significant post-traumatic stress symptoms were present in one-third of them. Risks for PTSD were more prevalent if the patient had died in the ICU, especially after end-of-life decision-making in which the family member participated.
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When the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study was stopped, 9351 postmenopausal women stopped taking combined estrogen and progestin or placebo. The WHI investigators followed up on these women with a survey at 8 to 12 months after stopping the pills. More that half of the women taking the hormones developed vasomotor symptoms and, in about 21%, these symptoms were moderate to severe.
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Seven pieces of information can identify those patients most likely to successfully rehabilitate back pain.
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Chocolate enthusiasts, take heart! Evidence that dark chocolate benefits more than just the palate is presented in this study from Greece.
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The FDA has approved a new long-acting insulin analog produced by DNA technology.
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Breast cancer in young women is uncommon, but when it does occur, it is thought to be very aggressive. In this large series of young (< 35 years old) patients from a single institution seen over a 13-year period, high tumor grade, hormone receptor negativity, and family history of ovarian cancer turned out to be significant negative prognostic indicators.
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Patients who had both diabetes and sleep apnea had improved HbA1c and postprandial glucose when they used Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for more than 4 hours a night.
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