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Lower serum testosterone in men aged 60 and over was associated with increased fracture risk (especially hip and nonvertebral), even after adjusting for other major risk factors for fracture.
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Neither training in working techniques nor use of lifting equipment appears to prevent back pain or back-related disability.
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This single center prospective observational study finds that the utility of a routine daily chest x-ray (CXR) for an ICU patient is quite limited. A change in practice to ordering CXR only when clinically indicated did not adversely impact patient outcome but reduced CXR volume and overall costs.
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The greatest challenge for any potentially mortal disorder is to prove that therapeutic interventions reduce not only disease-specific mortality, but also all-cause mortality.
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The principal purpose of this clinical study was to evaluate the efficacy of gemcitabine relative to a clinical standard therapy, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) in women with ovarian cancer relapsing within a year of primary treatments.
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Sentinel node localization and sampling has become a standard practice in the evaluation of regional nodal status for patients with breast cancer and cutaneous melanoma.
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One hundred and twenty subjects with symptoms of idiopathic detrusor overactivity (OAB) were recruited to evaluate the efficacy of reflexology compared to nonspecific foot massage.
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In a previous Clinical Alert, the risk of uterine rupture in patients attempting vaginal birth after cesarean sections (VBACs) was addressed when it appeared that there was a distinct downturn in the amount of VBACs being done in the USA.
