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Knee Brace Most Recommended Option for Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee brace most likely to yield best results for WOMAC pain score, followed by exercise and high-intensity laser therapy
Moderate-to-Severe Asthma Up for Female Permanent Night Shift Workers
No corresponding relationship was seen in men; relationship was driven by postmenopausal women not using HRT
Two-Hour Observation Probably Safe for Most Children With Anaphylaxis
95.3 percent of children who present to ER with acute anaphylaxis would have been safely discharged two hours after first epinephrine dose
Arsenic Less Than EPA Maximum Contaminant Level Tied to Adverse Birth Outcomes
Prenatal public water arsenic exposure linked to risk of low birth weight, lower birth weight, lower birth weight-for-gestational age z score
Empagliflozin Has Kidney Protective Effects in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Total adverse events of heart failure or all-cause mortality were reduced with empagliflozin, regardless of kidney function
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Mortality From ALS Up With Exposure to Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms
Exposure to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms linked to up to 0.89 years' shorter survival
CT Perfusion and CT Angiography Not Useful as Standalone Tests for Establishing Death by...
Sensitivity and specificity for CT perfusion and CT angiography as ancillary test for death by neurologic criteria did not meet prespecified validation threshold in recent study
CRC as First of Multiple Primary Malignancies Tied to Better Outcomes Than CRC as...
In study, patients with CRC as the only malignancy had more frequent liver and lung metastases and received systemic adjuvant treatments more often
Illinois Reports First West Nile Virus Case of 2025
NIH Stops Canceling Research Grants Following Court Ruling
Wildfire-Induced Changes in Behavior Affect Spread of Airborne Disease
Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to increase in indoor activities fostering conditions conducive to airborne transmission
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Could Be First-Line Therapy for C. Difficile
Clinical cure and no disease recurrence within 60 days for 66.7 percent in FMT group, 61.2 percent in vancomycin group
BRCA Mutations Linked to Breast Implant Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Age-adjusted rate of developing BIA-ALCL 16 times higher for women with mutations versus without
ADA: Orforglipron Reduces Glycated Hemoglobin in Early Type 2 Diabetes
All three doses of orforglipron superior to placebo with respect to primary end point of change in HbA1c from baseline to week 40
Differences in Life Expectancy Underestimated for Indigenous Americans
Life expectancy of self-identified AI/AN individuals is about 73 years, which is several years less than U.S.-wide average