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ZO-FAST: Immediate Zoledronic Acid Beats Delayed Tx in Early Breast Cancer
Major Finding: Immediate treatment with zoledronic acid reduced recurrence and mortality risk by 34% and 31%, respectively, and improved bone...
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BOLERO-2: Everolimus Plus Exemestane Delays Breast Cancer Progression
Major Finding: According to updated results median progression-free survival was 7.4 months for combination therapy patients and 3.2 months for...
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Enoxaparin May Prevent Portal Vein Thrombosis in Advanced Cirrhosis
Major Finding: Six of 36 cirrhotic patients (17%) randomized to placebo developed partial or complete portal vein thrombosis (PVT) within a year,...
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Valproate Exposure Associated With Autism, Lower IQ
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Implanted EEG Device Predicts Seizures in Early Study
Major Finding: The sensitivity of the device for time periods deemed to have a high likelihood of impending seizure ranged from 0.56 to 1.00 in...
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Progesterone Quells Some Intractable Catamenial Seizures
Major Finding: Cyclical natural progesterone therapy decreased seizure frequency by up to 71%, compared with placebo, in women with a high number...
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Despite Potential Gains, Patients Balk at Epilepsy Surgery
Major Finding: Among 110 epilepsy patients with the best surgical prognosis, only 45 elected to have a surgical procedure. Of these, most (89%)...
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CLEVER Trial: Supervised Exercise, Stenting Beats Medical Therapy for PAD
Major Finding: The 6-month change in peak walking time was 1.2 minutes with optimal medical care alone, compared with 5.8 minutes with OMC plus...
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Purified Fish Oil Formulation Cuts Triglycerides
Major Finding: A 12-week treatment regimen of 4 g/day of a purified formulation of EPA produced a 21.5% placebo-corrected cut in triglyceride...
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Telaprevir Not Cost-Effective for All Hepatitis C Patients
Major Finding: Treatment-naive genotype 1 hepatitis C patients with the CC interleukin 28B polymorphism have sustained viral response rates of...
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Early Behavior After Head Trauma Predicts Postconcussional Syndrome
Major Finding: All or nothing behavior shortly after mild traumatic brain injury was a significant predictor for the onset of postconcussional...