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1 Sociodemographic and Health Indicators of Older Women with Urinary Incontinence: 2010 National Survey of Residential Care Facilities Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 21, 2013 Clinical Article
2 Individual variability in compensatory eating following acute exercise in overweight and obese women British Journal of Sports Medicine, May 21, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
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4 Reproducibility and relative validity of a brief quantitative food frequency questionnaire for assessing fruit and vegetable intakes in North-African women Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, May 20, 2013 Review Article
5 Effect of HIV infection on pregnancy-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: secondary analyses of pooled community-based data from the network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA) The Lancet, May 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
6 Evaluation of contextual and demographic factors on licorice effects on reducing hot flashes in postmenopause women Health Care for Women International, May 17, 2013 Clinical Article
7 Dietary intake of fiber, vegetables, and fruit decrease the risk of incident kidney stones in women: a women's health initiative (WHI) report Urology Times, May 17, 2013 Clinical Article
8 Moving beyond essential interventions for reduction of maternal mortality (the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health): a cross-sectional study The Lancet, May 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
9 Effect of women's groups and volunteer peer counselling on rates of mortality, morbidity, and health behaviours in mothers and children in rural Malawi (MaiMwana): a factorial, cluster-randomised controlled trial The Lancet, May 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
10 Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis The Lancet, May 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
11 Reproductive health priorities: evidence from a resource tracking analysis of official development assistance in 2009 and 2010 The Lancet, May 17, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
12 Factors relating to eating style, social desirability, body image and eating meals at home increase the precision of calibration equations correcting self-report measures of diet using recovery biomarkers: findings from the Women's Health Initiative Full Text Nutrition Journal, May 17, 2013 Clinical Article
13 The Redox State of Cytochrome C Modulates Resistance to Methotrexate in Human MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells PLOS ONE, May 17, 2013 Review Article
14 Strategies for communicating contraceptive effectiveness Cochrane Reviews, May 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
15 0.5Mb Array as a First-Line Prenatal Cytogenetic Test in Cases without Ultrasound Abnormalities and its Implementation in Clinical Practice Human Mutation, May 15, 2013 Review Article
16 The association of self-perception of body fat changes and quality of life in the Womens Interagency HIV Study AIDS Care, May 15, 2013 Clinical Article
17 Herbal preparations for uterine fibroids Cochrane Reviews, May 14, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
18 Prevention and treatment of postpartum hypertension Cochrane Reviews, May 14, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
19 A phase II study of modified dose-dense paclitaxel and every 4-week carboplatin for the treatment of advanced-stage primary epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal carcinoma Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, May 14, 2013 Clinical Article
20 Risk of residual disease and invasive carcinoma in women treated for adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix Gynecologic Oncology, May 14, 2013 Clinical Article
Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).
Read the article summaryResearchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.
Read the article summaryResearchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.
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