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The guidance noted that there is a theoretical concern about any possible influence of the procedure on recurrence of breast cancer in the long term, although there is no evidence of this in published reports. The guidance notes that a degree of fat resorption is common in the first 6 months...
Insurers have commonly used the amount of breast tissue to be removed as a criterion for evaluating the medical necessity of breast reduction surgery. In a survey of managed care policies regarding breast reduction surgery, Krieger and colleagues reported (2001) found that most of the respondents s...
The medical term for pimples or acne is “acne vulgaris”. For years it has been postulated thathormones and medicationcan cause acne. According to Ref.1 there are several steps that work together in causing acne. The hair follicle and sebaceous gland work as one unit. Male hormones, called...
Simforoosh N, Tabibi A, Khalili SA, Soltani MH, Afjehi A, Aalami F, Bodoohi H. Neonatal circumcision reduces the incidence of asymptomatic urinary tract infection: a large prospective study with long-term follow up using Plastibell. J Pediatr Urol. 2012;8:320–3. ...
Whole cervix imaging of collagen, muscle, and cellularity in term and preterm pregnancy Diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) is an MRI technique that offers non-invasive insights into cervical structure by imaging cellularity, collagen, and muscle fibers. Here, the authors apply DBSI on the hu...
(dyspareunia or vaginal dryness) compared to placebo. Long-term safety studies revealed that 60 mg ospemifene given daily for 52 weeks was well-tolerated and was not associated with any endometrium or breast-related safety concerns. This review discussed the pre-clinical and clinical data ...
Abruptio placentae– (Latin, “breaking off”). Premature separation of a normally implanted placenta before full term. Occurs in only about 1% of pregnancies. However, it has a 20-40% fetal mortality rate and is a significant contributor to maternal mortality. ...
Inspired by this example, we propose two counterfactual diagnostic measures, which we term the expected disablement and expected sufficiency. We show in Theorem 1 at the end of this section that both measures satisfy all three of our desiderata. ...
resident is more common in patients who received radiation and had a bad prognosis. This term likely refers to both resident physicians and the patient being a resident of a long-term care facility or skilled nursing facility. Both uses of the term could reduce survival time: inpatients at ...