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Noninvasive laser therapy tied to improved short-term memory
Patients with attention-related conditions ‘could benefit from this type of treatment,’ expert says.
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Physicians react: Climate change and other social issues
Around half of physicians rated climate change among their five most important issues, according to results of a Medscape survey.
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Impaired vision an overlooked dementia risk factor
“A very large fraction of vision impairment, possibly in excess of 80%, is avoidable or has simply yet to be addressed.”
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Dietary fiber tied to lower dementia risk
A diet high in soluble fiber attenuates neuroinflammation in mouse models.
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New tool guides nutrition counseling in schizophrenia patients
“Eating well for mental health is part of self-care and can be included in mental health treatment plans,” said lead author Dr. Laura LaChance.
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Swell in off-label antipsychotic prescribing ‘not harmless’
Clinicians should be made aware that low-dose treatment with these drugs for insomnia and anxiety “might come at a cost of shortening patients’...
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Postpartum depression affects dads, too
Ultimately, all the men interviewed for the study sought formal help from a health care provider, but six went through several months of...
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Cut to the chase: Admitting patients with ASBO directly to surgical service
Bypassing the medical hospitalist service and being admitted directly to the surgical service saves patients with suspected adhesive small bowel...
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Index discriminates prognostic groups in CLL
Key clinical point: An international prognostic index for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may help to inform treatment decisions. Major...
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Interim PET results guide ongoing therapy in Hodgkin lymphoma
Key clinical point: Bleomycin can be eliminated after two cycles of the ABVD chemotherapeutic regimen based on a negative interim PET scan finding...
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RBAC500 safe, effective for elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Reducing the dose of cytarabine from 800 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 allowed a regimen of rituximab, bendamustine, and cytarabine to be...
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No signal for the superiority of autologous versus allogenic stem-cell transplants in T-cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Survival rates did not significantly differ for autologous versus allogenic stem cell transplant in patients with peripheral T...
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Bendamustine regimen may be induction-therapy option in mantle cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Rituximab plus bendamustine may prove to be an option for induction therapy prior to autologous stem cell transplant in...
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Second pathology review boosts diagnostic accuracy in lymphoma
Key clinical point: A second pathological review of newly-diagnosed lymphoma or suspected lymphoma found discrepancies in 17% of cases. Major...
