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How often to screen for colon cancer? NEJM study finds 5-year risk extremely low
... colonoscopy could have a substantial effect on the cost of colonoscopy and the capacity to provide it," the study notes. And, adds Dr. Imperiale, who is a clinical epidemiologist and an affiliate ...NEJM study: Americans owe 5 months of their lives to cleaner air
... at Harvard School of Public Health. Pope and Dockery have teamed with other researchers on landmark studies published in the early 1990s that revealed the negative health effects of particulate air ...NEJM study finds drug-eluting stents more effective than bare-metal stents in heart attack patients
... bare-metal stents in the highest-risk patients, those in the early hours of a heart attack. This study removes much of the uncertainty and concern about the efficacy and safety of drug-eluting stents ...NEJM study finds radiofrequency ablation can reverse Barrett's esophagus, reduce cancer risk
... 28 New England Journal of Medicine along with an accompanying editorial, which hails it as a "landmark study in the field." "The current standard of care for Barrett's esophagus has been watchful ...NEJM study points to new era in hepatitis C treatment
... C treatments, beginning 25 years ago with the discovery of interferon. It comments on the two studies: "Telaprevir appears to be a material advance in the therapy of hepatitis C, beginning a new era ...NEJM study addresses impact of Medicare Part D on medical spending
... the poor-coverage group; and by 11 percent among the good-coverage group. The study also found that the use of both lipid-lowering and anti-diabetic medications rose in the groups with limited or no ...New research shows physical therapy as effective as arthroscopic knee surgery
... study was published in the September 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study found that physical therapy, combined with comprehensive medical management, is just as effective ...Weight loss reduces incontinence for women
... of Public Health and a co-author on the NEJM study. The NEJM results are from the Program to Reduce Incontinence by ... treatment in overweight and obese women, said lead study author Leslee Subak, M.D., ...Calculate benefit before dialysis for frail elders
... and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The editorial accompanies a NEJM study on outcomes involving all nursing home residents in the United States who began to ...
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