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Older women are more likely than men to experience deterioration of cognitive function and brain volume after surgery with general anesthesia

AAIC: Gender Differences Seen With General Anesthesia

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Postoperative cognitive decline less evident in elderly males, researchers say
The antibiotic dicloxacillin may lessen the effects of vitamin K antagonists

Antibiotic May Reduce Anticoagulant Effect of Warfarin

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Doctors should closely monitor patients who have to take these drugs together, researcher says
For nulliparous women

Increasing Cervical Length Linked to Prolonged Pregnancy

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Increased likelihood of prolonged pregnancy with increasing cervical length among nulliparous women
In the Veterans Affairs health care system

~40 Percent Undergo Stress Testing After PCI in VA System

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Stress testing rate varies significantly across hospitals within Veterans Affairs system
The accuracy of blood glucose meters in the low glycemic range is questionable

Blood Glucose Meter Accuracy Unclear at Low Glycemic Range

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Raises questions regarding safety for measuring blood glucose, and when BGMs are used in trials
Despite smaller

Pioglitazone Not Significantly Associated With Bladder Cancer

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But research reveals association with pancreatic, prostate cancer
A French teen born with HIV has the disease under control even though she stopped treatment 12 years ago

Teen’s HIV Under Control 12 Years After Stopping Drug Tx

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Girl is in remission of infection but she is still infected, not cured
A major change in Papanicolaou test guidelines introduced in 2009 may have had an unintended consequence: Some young women are missing out on screening for chlamydia

2009 Pap Guidelines Linked to Drop in Chlamydia Testing

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Screening of young women dropped significantly at one university health center
The divide between outpatient and inpatient medicine seems to be growing

Care Transitions Increasingly Important for Outpatient Doctors

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Primary care physicians have important role in preventing transition gaps for hospitalized patients
For patients undergoing transrectal prostate biopsy

Targeted Prophylaxis Effective in Post-Prostate Biopsy Sepsis

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Targeted prophylaxis similarly effective to empirical prophylaxis after transrectal prostate biopsy