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• DPP-inhibitors reduce cardiovascular events in diabetes patients
• Long-term education for patients may futher improve diabetes outcomes
• Time is of the essence in depressed diabetes patients
• Decline in diabetic foot ulcers in clinical practice
• Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time
• Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time
• Major depression goes unnoticed in pregnant women
• Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time
• Major depression goes unnoticed in pregnant women
• Increased heart death risk for elderly sleep apnea patients

DPP-inhibitors reduce cardiovascular events in diabetes patients Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Type 2 diabetes patients who are treated with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors have a significantly reduced risk for cardiovascular events, particularly myocardial infarction, compared with their peers who take placebo or other drugs, results of a meta-analysis show.

Long-term education for patients may futher improve diabetes outcomes Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Although there have been significant advances in the provision of diabetes education since 2000, further improvements are still needed, say researchers.

Time is of the essence in depressed diabetes patients Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Among patients with diabetes and comorbid depression, the time point at which they developed depression may have important implications for their clinical management, say researchers.

Decline in diabetic foot ulcers in clinical practice Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of foot ulcers developing in diabetes patients is decreasing, particularly in Type 2 diabetes, say researchers.

Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT The bivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 appears to be more efficacious against outcomes associated with nonvaccine types 31, 33, and 45 than its quadrivalent counterpart, show results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT The bivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 appears to be more efficacious against outcomes associated with nonvaccine types 31, 33, and 45 than its quadrivalent counterpart, show results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Major depression goes unnoticed in pregnant women Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Healthcare professionals looking after pregnant women should maintain a high level of awareness for the possibility of major depressive disorder, say US researchers who found the condition frequently goes undetected.

Bivalent HPV vaccine has cross-protective effect, but could wane over time Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT The bivalent vaccine for human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 appears to be more efficacious against outcomes associated with nonvaccine types 31, 33, and 45 than its quadrivalent counterpart, show results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Major depression goes unnoticed in pregnant women Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Healthcare professionals looking after pregnant women should maintain a high level of awareness for the possibility of major depressive disorder, say US researchers who found the condition frequently goes undetected.

Increased heart death risk for elderly sleep apnea patients Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular death in the elderly, say researchers.

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