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Researchers have found that menopause typically begins two to four years earlier in women with high levels of certain chemicals found in household items

PCBs, Phthalates Linked to Earlier Menopause

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Association with higher exposures to organic pollutants in household items, environment
Early results suggest an experimental Ebola vaccine triggers an immune response and is safe to use. The findings were published online Jan. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Results Appear Promising for Experimental Ebola Vaccine

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Vaccine works against Zaire strain of Ebola currently circulating in West Africa
The inflammatory adipokine leptin may have a mediating effect on the relationship between body weight and knee osteoarthritis in older adults

Leptin May Mediate Knee-Related Osteoarthritis

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The inflammatory adipokine may account for about half of the effect of BMI on knee osteoarthritis
For women undergoing screening mammography

Increase in Biopsies With DCIS, Invasive CA After Mammogram

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Biopsy frequency up after diagnostic, but not screening, mammography
Core needle biopsy is a more sensitive tool than fine-needle aspiration cytology for cervical lymphadenopathy evaluation

Core Needle Biopsy Helpful With Cervical Lymphadenopathy

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Findings compared to fine-needle aspiration cytology, especially for lymphoma
The positive rate of the glucose breath test is higher in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Glucose Breath Test Positivity Up in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Positive rate significantly higher in patients with Crohn's disease; positivity linked to GI symptom
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibition may attenuate hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance induced by the Western diet through hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function

How Does DPP-4 Inhibition Affect Liver Function?

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Mechanisms may involve hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function
For critically ill patients

Chlorhexidine Bathing Doesn’t Cut Health Care-Linked Infections

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No difference in primary outcome for bathing with chlorhexidine versus nonantimicrobial cloth
Viruses may play a role in inflammatory bowel diseases

Viruses Implicated in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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More research is needed to define what role they play, researcher says
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Moderate Changes in Lipids With Tocilizumab/Tofacitinib in RA

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Review shows no changes for rheumatoid arthritis patients with tumor necrosis factor antagonist tx