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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Real-World Tocilizumab Use in Pediatric Inpatients.

Stitt GA, Hall MW, Diliberto MA et al. · 2025 · The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG

Objectives Primary objective: to quantify tocilizumab (TCZ) use in pediatric inpatients. Secondary objectives: to explore safety and clinical outcomes. Methods This retrospective cohort study took place in a free-standing, 564-bed…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Lack of association between the brain penetrance of calcium channel blockers and the incidence of neuropsychiatric outcomes: a retrospective, multidatabase cohort study.

Kern DM, Bohn J, Maher MP et al. · 2026 · BMJ open

Objective To use best practices in pharmacoepidemiology to assess the association between new use of brain-penetrant calcium channel blockers (BP-CCBs) compared with use of non-brain-penetrant CCBs (NP-CCBs) and the incidence of…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Correlations between Visual Temporal Resolution and Individual Alpha Peak Frequency: Evidence that Internal and Measurement Noise Drive Null Findings.

Deodato M, Melcher D · 2024 · Journal of cognitive neuroscience

The brain organizes the continuous flow of sensory input by parsing it into discrete events. In the case of two flashes separated by a brief ISI, for example, perception may be of a single flash or two distinct flashes, depending on the…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Thyroid testing in primary hypothyroidism.

Ambasta A, Grenet G, Otte J et al. · 2025 · African journal of primary health care & family medicine

Thyroid hormones regulate essential metabolic processes and development. The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis regulates hormone production, with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels being a key indicator of thyroid function in…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Beta Blockers are Associated with Increased Mortality Without a Decrease in Reinterventions After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Repair (EVAR).

Vicario-Feliciano R, Zil-E-Ali A, Aziz F · 2025 · Annals of vascular surgery

Introduction Predictors of sac behavior after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and the impact of sac behavior on long-term survival are not well known. There are limited multicenter trials studying the impact of beta blockers…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Are We Ready With Prevention for Type 1 Diabetes?

Maines E, Franceschi R, Candia FD et al. · 2025 · Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews

Definitive prevention for type 1 diabetes (T1D) is not yet available, but we are now entering a new era where disease-modifying therapies are becoming available in T1D to halt disease progression. In this review, we present up-to-date…

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Failed Experiment ReportOpen accessMedicine

Antimicrobial activity of Nd: YAG irradiation, laser activated photodynamic therapy and passive ultrasonic irrigation on enterococcus faecalis biofilms (an ex vivo study).

El Gazar SM, El Backly RN, Lotfy WA et al. · 2026 · BMC oral health

Aim To evaluate the antimicrobial effects of Nd: YAG laser irradiation, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), and passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI) in comparison with conventional irrigation with Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) in root…

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Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Evaluation of phyto-gallic acid as a potential inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus efflux pump mediated tetracycline resistance: an in-vitro and in-silico study.

Moubayed NMS, Alsabbagh R, Smiline GAS et al. · 2025 · Natural product research

Plants contain many bioactive compounds with potent antibacterial and efflux pump inhibitory activity (EPI). In this study, gallic acid extracted from pomegranate molasses by analytical HPLC holds promise as an EPI drug for Staphylococcus…

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Replication FailureMedicine

No evidence in favor of the existence of "intentional" binding.

Kong G, Aberkane C, Desoche C et al. · 2024 · Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

Intentional binding refers to the subjective temporal compression between a voluntary action and its subsequent sensory outcome. Despite some studies challenging the link between temporal compression and intentional action, intentional…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Antiarrhythmic Treatment in Heart Failure.

Könemann H, Güler-Eren S, Ellermann C et al. · 2024 · Current heart failure reports

Purpose of review Arrhythmias are common in patients with heart failure (HF) and are associated with a significant risk of mortality and morbidity. Optimal antiarrhythmic treatment is therefore essential. Here, we review current approaches…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Laparoscopic Salpingectomy Regulates The Expression of Endometrial Homeobox Genes ( HOXA9, HOXA10, HOXA11, HOXD10 ) and HOX Transcript Antisense Intergenic RNA in Women with Communicating Hydrosalpinx: A Prospective Study.

Zafarani F, Soleimani Mehranjani M, Ghaffari F et al. · 2024 · International journal of fertility & sterility

Background This study aimed to determine the alteration of endometrial expression levels of HOXA9/HOXA10/ HOXA11/HOXD10 genes and HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) in mid-luteal phase endometrium in patients with…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Residual osteomyelitis at the resection margin after conservative surgery is not associated with the recurrence of diabetic foot infection and may successfully be treated without postoperative antibiotic therapy.

Aragón-Sánchez J, Víquez-Molina G, López-Valverde ME et al. · 2023 · Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association

Aims We hypothesize that microbiology- and pathology-confirmed positive bone margins after the resection of diabetes-related foot osteomyelitis are associated with worse outcomes. Methods We conducted a prospective study consisting of a…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Levetiracetam or Phenytoin as Prophylaxis for Status Epilepticus: Secondary Analysis of the "Approaches and Decisions in Acute Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Trial" (ADAPT) Dataset, 2014-2017.

Ahmed N, Russo L, Kuo YH · 2024 · Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies

Objectives To compare levetiracetam and phenytoin as prophylaxis for the short-term development of status epilepticus (SE) during care of pediatric patients with acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design Nonprespecified secondary…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Risk factors related to loss of reduction after anatomic repair of acromioclavicular joint dislocation in patients with acute traumatic acromioclavicular joint dislocation.

Apivatgaroon A, Sukkarnkosol S, Pukrittayakamee NC et al. · 2025 · JSES international

Background Suspension stabilization is a commonly used surgical method for acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. However, a failure rate of around 26% caused various emerging surgical techniques and recommendations. We aimed to…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Dietary Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia.

Kim S, Shin MJ, Krauss RM · 2025 · Current atherosclerosis reports

Purpose of review This paper reviews the effects of major macronutrients and specific dietary interventions on atherogenic dyslipidemia, a common trait characterized by increased concentrations of triglyceride-rich and small, dense LDL…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Radiotherapy in breast cancer patients achieving nodal pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a scoping review.

Cavalcante FP, Cardoso A, Antonini M et al. · 2025 · Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely accepted as standard treatment in breast cancer, particularly in cases of tumors with aggressive biology. NAC has increased the rates of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and the conversion…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effectiveness of strenghtning oropharyngeal myofunctional therapy combined with cervical spine exercises in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea.

Díaz de Terán T, Bolado J, Palomo P et al. · 2025 · Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung

Objective To assess the effectiveness of an intervention programme combining Oropharyngeal Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) and cervical spine exercises in the general population with mild to moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA), analysing…

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