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A pooled analysis of data from six prospective cohort studies found that more leisure time physical activity was associated with a reduced risk of mortality and increased life expectancy beyond age 40. Associations were found at all levels of body mass index.
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Exercise training is associated with short-term improvements in functional capacity in heart failure patients, but its effect on mortality and heart failure readmissions have been mixed.
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A multivariate analysis of a population-based study of 1898 women aged 18-75 years found that dietary intake of plant-derived anthocyanin pigments, primarily from grapes and berries, was associated with lower blood pressure readings as well as lower arterial stiffness determinations as measured by pulse wave velocities. This suggests that specific dietary phytonutrients may mitigate two important risk factors for coronary artery disease.
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LAP2 was a phase 3 clinical trial to assess the non-inferiority of laparoscopy compared with laparotomy for recurrence of uterine cancer after surgical staging.
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During the past few months, there has been a pleth-ora of articles published with important clinical implications, and I have found it difficult to pick just one to review.
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Although the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUS) has been shown to be an effective treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), previous clinical trials included rigorous criteria focused primarily on measuring the severity of bleeding.
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In this issue: Calcium supplementation in women; type 2 diabetes treatments and pancreatitis risk; treating chronic idiopathic urticaria; rivaroxaban and VTE; and FDA actions.
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Tubal sterilization is a highly effective, permanent, and safe method of contraception. Tubal sterilization is the second most common method of contraception used by women in the United States and the most common among women over 30 years of age.