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A vaccine to help protect against chlamydia is proving to be effective

Widely Protective Vaccine Against Chlamydia Appears Promising

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Bacteria's ability to spread within cells was halted, researcher says
For patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Severe Hypoglycemia Linked to Mortality, CVD Events in T1DM

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Prior severe hypoglycemic events within one year linked to increased risk of all-cause mortality, CVD
A new study describes a scalable solution for transforming health care delivery in primary care into the patient-centered medical home model. The report was published online July 15 in the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making.

Program Can Help Patient-Centered Practice Transition

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At practices in Alberta, significant impact seen for cognitive task analysis training program
For patients with moderate to severe diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain

Buprenorphine May Be Helpful in Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

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When tolerated, buprenorphine is effective for DPNP, but many patients withdrew from study
Structured advice should be provided to individuals planning to travel internationally

Structured Pretravel Advice Should Be Provided to Patients

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Structured approach should include individualized risk assessment, vaccinations, specific disease info
Improvement in cognitive ability is not associated with estrogen therapy among women who use it after menopause

Estradiol Doesn’t Boost Cognitive Function After Menopause

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No differences noted with treatment in either early or late menopause
Doctors aren't using one of the most effective weapons at their disposal in battling addiction to prescription opioids -- buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone)

Buprenorphine-Naloxone Use in Medicare Patients Low

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Prescribers represent less than 2 percent of the 381,575 prescribers with 56.5 million opioid claims
About one-third of Princeton University students given a vaccine to combat a meningitis B outbreak on campus in 2013 didn't show signs of protection against the infection eight weeks later

Seropositivity of Meningitis B Vaccine Lower Than Expected

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One in three students didn't get immunity against outbreak strain after two doses
An experimental drug spurred substantial weight loss in patients with proopiomelanocortin deficiency

Drug Shows Promise for Genetic Proopiomelanocortin Deficiency

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After 10 months of daily treatment, one patient lost 112 lbs; another lost 45 lbs in three months
While overall U.S. medical spending growth slowed between 2004 and 2013

Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy

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But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor