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    Metformin Cuts Cardio Events in High-Risk Type 2 Diabetes

    Metformin therapy significantly reduces cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes compared to treatment with glipizide, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Diabetes Care.

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    Tomosynthesis Ups Accuracy of Digital Mammography

    Using a combination of tomosynthesis, which produces a three-dimensional reconstruction of the breast, with digital mammography increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy and significantly lowers the number of recalls for non-cancer cases, according to research published in the January issue of Radiology.

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    Patient-Doctor Communication Affects Medication Adherence

    Poor communication between patients and health care providers is linked to lower cardiometabolic medication adherence, according to a study published online Dec. 31 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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    Distributing Naloxone to Heroin Users Likely Cost-Effective

    Distributing naloxone to heroin users for lay administration for overdose reversal would be cost-effective and likely reduce overdose deaths, according to a study published in the Jan. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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    Nurse-Led Monitoring Improves Cancer-Related Fatigue

    For patients with advanced cancer, nurse-led monitoring and optimized treatment of physical symptoms significantly improves cancer-related fatigue, according to research published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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    Neural Responses Measured As Children Watch 'Sesame Street'

    The responses of children's brains while they watch the educational television show "Sesame Street" can predict their verbal and mathematical abilities, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in PLOS Biology.

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    Program Benefits Children With Functional Abdominal Pain

    Both children with persistent abdominal pain and their parents still benefit from a short social learning and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention a year later, according to a study published online Dec. 31 in JAMA Pediatrics.

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    Functional MRI Can Improve Prediction of CBT Success

    Results of functional brain imaging can greatly improve prediction of which patients with social anxiety disorder will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.

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    Pap Testing Moving Towards Alignment With Guidelines

    Increasing numbers of women are receiving Papanicolau screening for cervical cancer at an age and with a frequency consistent with the latest guidelines, according to two studies published in the Jan. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report.

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    Most Unaware of Out-of-Pocket Costs for Prostate Cancer Tx

    Most patients with localized prostate cancer know little about the out-of-pocket expenses of the different treatments, and would not have chosen a different treatment even if they had known the actual out-of-pocket expenses of their treatment, according to a study published in the December issue of Urology.

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    E-mail Prompts Improve Code Status Documentation

    For patients with advanced lung cancer, prompting oncologists via e-mail successfully improved both the rate and timing of outpatient code status documentation in patients' electronic health records, according to research published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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    Strong Genetic Selection Against Some Psych Disorders

    Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.

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    FDA Proposes New Food Safety Standards

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing two new food safety rules as part of the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act in an effort to shift the focus of food safety from reactive to preventive measures, according to a Jan. 4 news release issued by the agency.

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    CDC: Influenza Activity Increasing Across the U.S.

    Flu season descended on the United States early and hard this winter, with significant increases in flu activity observed over the past month, according to an update issued Jan. 4 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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    Fulyzaq Approved for ART-Related Diarrhea in HIV/AIDS

    The first medication to treat diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral drugs has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.