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Minority correctly use EpiPen or metered dose inhaler
Major finding: Twelve percent of patients showed they could use an EpiPen correctly, and 7% knew how to use a metered dose inhaler and spacer.Data...
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Sacral nerve stimulation reduced irritable bowel symptoms
Major finding: Median symptom scores worsened by 12 points between months when the stimulator was on and then off and improved by 18 points...
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Asthma medication nonadherence mainly unintentional
Major finding: Adults and children were more likely to report unintentional than intentional nonadherence to asthma therapy. Data source:...
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Systolic variability after intracerebral hemorrhage raises odds of death, disability
Major finding: Death or major disability were 41% more likely in patients in the highest quintile of systolic variability 1 day after acute...
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Recent cocaine use quadrupled stroke risk
Major finding: Cocaine use in the past 24 hours was reported by 2.4% of young adults with ischemic stroke and 0.4% of age-matched controls without...
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Half of stroke survivors returned to driving
Major finding: Six percent of stroke survivors underwent formal driving evaluations, but 51% of survivors returned to driving within 1 year.Data...
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Foods can trigger EoE after allergy is outgrown
Major finding: Seventeen of 425 children with eosinophilic esophagitis caused by a specific food redeveloped the condition after outgrowing an...
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Biomarker unreliability scratches trial of customized chemotherapy
Major finding: Eighty percent of patients had biomarker status results and could start adjuvant chemotherapy within 2 months of surgery, but test...
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Amrubicin combination fails in phase III trial
Major finding: Median overall survival was 15 months using amrubicin/cisplatin, significantly worse than 17.7 months using irinotecan/cisplatin....
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Relatively few in ICUs get end-of-life dialogue training
Major finding: Half of doctors and 29% of nurses in ICUs said they had received formal training in end-of-life communications.Data source: A...
