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Autism spectrum disorder on the rise, CDC says
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: About 1 in 68 children was identified as having autism spectrum disorder, up from estimates of 1 in 88 children using 2008 data....
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USPSTF: Evidence still ‘insufficient’ to back cognitive impairment screening
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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Childhood glomerular disease associated with adult hypertension
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Of men with a history of resolved childhood glomerular disease, 13.6% developed hypertension as adults, compared with 7.4% of men...
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CDC: Younger adults least likely to be vaccinated and most likely to be hard hit by flu
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Influenza vaccine reduced the risk of having to go to the doctor for flu-related illness by an estimated 61% across all ages.Data...
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Brain tractography finds white matter abnormalities in bipolar I patients
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Patients with bipolar I disorder had lower generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA) values along the body and splenium of the corpus...
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FDA expands ibrutinib approval to include chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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Beta-blockers linked to lower mortality in high-risk prostate cancer
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Beta-blocker use was associated with reduced prostate cancer mortality (adjusted subhazard ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0....
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CVS to discontinue sale of tobacco products
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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New teen drug abuse resources released
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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FLINT trial halted early because of positive results
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis with obeticholic acid resulted in a highly statistically significant improvement (P = ....
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Teens report increasingly lax attitude about marijuana use
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- Madhu Rajaraman
Major finding: Only slightly more than 39% of high school seniors view marijuana use as harmful, compared with 44.1% in 2012.Data source: A survey...
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FDA approves Xiaflex for Peyronie’s disease
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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Headache neuroimaging and medication no-nos highlighted in new list
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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The American Academy of Dermatology releases ‘Choosing Wisely’ list of treatments physicians and patients should question
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- Madhu Rajaraman
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Choosing Wisely in pulmonary medicine means fewer CTs amid low risk
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- Madhu Rajaraman