Accompanying editorial indicates no evidence of an adverse effect at lower water fluoride levels commonly used in water systems
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Recommendations Developed for Evaluation of Patients With Alzheimer Disease
Clinical practice guideline also presents recommendations for specialist care and primary care of patients with Alzheimer disease, dementia
Read More »Gestational Exposure to NSAIDs Tied to Childhood Chronic Kidney Disease
However, no association seen between NSAID use and fetal nephrotoxicity in sibling comparisons
Read More »Decrease Seen in In Situ Breast Cancer Since 2009
Decrease consistent with decreasing use of screening mammography since 2009 guideline change
Read More »Denture Use Tied to Better Cognitive Health in Older Adults With Partial Tooth Loss
Findings consistent across degrees of missing teeth in dentate participants
Read More »Six-Month Mortality Lower With Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Acute MI With Anemia
No significant difference seen in composite of 30-day mortality or MI; cardiac death at 30 days increased with restrictive strategy
Read More »FDA Approves Subcutaneous Opdivo Qvantig for Most Solid Tumor Indications
Approval based on noninferior pharmacokinetic exposures, similar effectiveness and safety to intravenous Opdivo
Read More »Telemedicine Not Reliable for Assessing Criteria for Acute Sore Throat
When comparing assessments of lymph nodes, tonsils, total Centor score, agreement was low, with kappa between 0.47 and 0.58
Read More »Prevalence of Dementia Diagnoses Increased in Individuals With Autism Diagnosis
Increase in odds of dementia diagnosis seen with age among those with ASD only and ASD plus intellectual disabilities
Read More »Patient-Centered Pathology Reports Improve Prostate Cancer Understanding
Benefits include better discrimination between risk levels
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