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Shorter shifts for medical residents don't appear to be making any big improvements in doctors' fatigue levels or in patient care

Advantages of Shorter Resident Shifts Found Lacking

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Shorter medical resident duty hours may be worse for patients and only slightly better for residents
Researchers say they have identified eight specific physical signs that strongly indicate impending death in patients with advanced cancer. The findings have been reported online Feb. 9 in Cancer.

Eight Clinical Signs of Impending Death Identified

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Findings in patients with advanced cancer could help families prepare, aid end-of-life care choices
Augmentation of labor with the medication oxytocin does not seem to raise the risk of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Oxytocin in Labor Not Linked With Later ADHD in Child

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Previous research with animals had suggested a possible connection
Getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus does not appear to increase unsafe sexual practices among teen girls

HPV Vaccination Does Not Seem to Promote Unsafe Sex in Teens

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After its introduction, increase in STI rates was same in vaccinated, unvaccinated girls

Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Feb. 2-7

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The Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 35th Annual Meeting: The Pregnancy Meeting The annual meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine was held from...
For medical students

Confidence Not Accurate Measure of Prescribing Competence

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Fourth-year medical students show lack of insight into their own prescribing strengths and weaknesses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the approved use for Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) 0.3 mg to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema.

FDA Expands Approval of Lucentis for Diabetic Retinopathy

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To treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema
People who were born very preterm may be at higher risk of anxiety disorders and certain other mental health issues

Elevated Risk of Psychiatric Dx in Adults Born Very Premature

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Greater risks seen for those exposed to steroid drugs in the womb
Extremely obese adolescents in an intensive 10-month residential treatment program lost more weight than their counterparts

Residential Program Cuts CVD Risk Factors in Obese Youth

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Helps with weight loss, but therapy is costly and long-term results are unknown
Resting-state functional brain connectivity magnetic resonance imaging can predict response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder

Resting-State Connectivity Predicts Psychotherapy Response

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Pretreatment connectivity can predict response to psychotherapy in major depressive disorder