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Does Vaginal Estradiol Reduce Pain With Sexual Activity?
A post-hoc analysis of data from a 12-week randomized study that compared vaginal estradiol to vaginal moisturizers found no increase in sexual frequency or decrease in pain associated with either treatment, compared to placebo.
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Diagnostic Imaging Trends Among Pregnant Women
This retrospective cohort study estimated that the use of CT scans has increased 3.7-fold in the United States and 2-fold in Ontario, Canada, from 1996 to 2016. Overall, 5.3% of pregnant women in the United States and 3.6% in Ontario underwent imaging with ionizing radiation.
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Are the Changes New, Recent, or Old?
Imagine examining the ECG in the figure below without any accompanying clinical information. How would one interpret this tracing? What might one suspect is going on?
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Imipenem, Cilastatin, and Relebactam Injection (Recarbrio)
The FDA has approved a new antibacterial drug combination for complicated urinary tract infections and complicated intra-abdominal infections.
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Hot Beverages and Esophageal Cancer
In a cohort of more than 50,000 people, there was a higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in those who consumed higher quantities of mostly black tea at hotter temperatures.
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Reducing Mortality in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Patients
A multivariate analysis of a large registry of patients with stable ischemic heart disease revealed that beta-blocker use was associated with lower mortality only when prescribed in the first year after acute myocardial infarction.
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Atorvastatin: What Is Good for the Heart Is Good for the Kidneys
For patients at risk of or who already have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and are taking atorvastatin, an added benefit is improved kidney function in a dose-dependent manner.
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New Tool May Identify People at Risk for HIV
A potential analytical tool may help providers identify those at risk for HIV in efforts to offer pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Using a machine-learning algorithm to predict who could become infected with HIV during a three-year period, researchers were able to flag 2.2% of 3.7 million patients as high or very high risk.
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Check Postpartum Opioid Use in New Moms
In a new national cohort study of more than 300,000 deliveries, findings indicate that women who received a peripartum opioid prescription had rates of new persistent opioid use of 1.7% for vaginal delivery and 2.2% for cesarean delivery.
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Researchers Examine Use of Dapivirine Ring for HIV Prevention
In 2017, estimates indicated there were 37 million people living with HIV and 1.8 million new infections around the globe. In hard-hit sub-Saharan Africa, where young women are disproportionately affected by HIV, new research from an open-label trial of a dapivirine vaginal ring confirms that women will use the device to prevent HIV. The ring was estimated to reduce the risk of HIV by 39%, according to statistical modeling.