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    Psychosocial Interventions Reduce Cancer Pain in Adults

    For adults with cancer, psychosocial interventions have a positive effect on pain severity and pain interference, according to a meta-analysis published online Jan. 17 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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    Increase in Incidence of Knee Arthroplasty in Finland

    The incidence of total knee arthroplasties and unicondylar knee arthroplasties increased in Finland from 1980 to 2006, with most of the increase occurring in those aged 50 to 59 years, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in Arthritis & Rheumatism.

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    Comorbidities Affect Hospital Costs After Hip Fracture

    For older Americans with hip fracture, the presence of comorbidities is associated with increased cost of hospitalization, according to a study published in the Jan. 4 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

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    Untreated Sleep Apnea Linked to Cardio Mortality in Women

    Untreated obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in women, but continuous positive airway pressure treatment reduces the risk of mortality, according to a study published in the Jan. 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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    Low Doses of Insulin Induce an Elastogenic Effect

    Insulin induces an elastogenic effect, with therapeutic doses of insulin stimulating the formation of elastic fibers in human aortic smooth muscle cell cultures, according to an experimental study published online Jan. 11 in The American Journal of Pathology.

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    Coffee May Inhibit Human Islet Amyloid Aggregation

    The major components of coffee are able to inhibit the toxic aggregation of human islet amyloid polypeptide, according to a study published in the Dec. 28 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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    Tool Predicts Improved Function After Hip Arthroplasty

    Preoperative patient characteristics and radiographic assessment can be used to predict expected functional improvement for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Arthritis Care & Research.

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    ROR2 ID'd As Novel Biomarker of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

    ROR2 gene mutations are expressed in a subset of soft-tissue sarcomas, including leiomyosarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and desmoid-type fibromatosis, and expression may be indicative of poor prognosis, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in The Journal of Pathology.

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    Airway Smooth Muscle Layer Has Key Role in Asthma

    Although extracellular matrix expression in the airway smooth muscle layer is not different for patients with asthma and controls, it is associated with the dynamics of airway function in patients with asthma, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in Allergy.

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    Dual Inhibition of HER2 Beats Single Agent in Breast Cancer

    Treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer with two anti-HER2 agents (lapatinib and trastuzumab) is superior to treatment with single-agent therapy, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in The Lancet.

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    Excess Weight Found to Double the Odds of Acne in Teen Girls

    Overweight and obese girls are twice as likely to have moderate to severe acne, but this is not the case for overweight boys, according to a study published in the January issue of the Archives of Dermatology.

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    Superior Weight Loss With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

    Compared with laparoscopic gastric banding, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgical procedure results in better weight loss and fewer long-term complications, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in the Archives of Surgery.