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Role of sequential functional echocardiography in predicting clinically apparent patent ductus arteriosus in preterm very low birth weight newborns: An observational study.

Bhardwaj A, Saili A, Yadav DK et al. · 2025 · Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine

BackgroundThe prolonged ductal patency in preterm newborns despite being associated with short- and long-term morbidities has failed to show significant improvement in the long-term outcome with routine ductal treatment. Echocardiography…

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Where does cryoprecipitate fit into balanced resuscitation? An evaluation of 2,117 hemorrhaging patients using viscoelastic-based resuscitation.

Van Gent JM, Clements TW, Gurney JM et al. · 2025 · The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

Background Empiric cryoprecipitate administration has recently failed to show survival benefit in hemorrhaging trauma patients. However, a recent Trauma Quality Improvement Program query suggested a survival benefit in massive transfusions…

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Interventions for renal artery stenosis: Appraisal of novel physiological insights and procedural techniques to improve clinical outcome.

Drieghe B, De Buyzere M, Bové T et al. · 2024 · Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions

Randomized clinical trials failed to show additional benefit of renal artery stenting on top of medical therapy. Instead of writing an obituary on renal artery stenting, we try to explain these disappointing results. A transstenotic…

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ETD001: A novel inhaled ENaC blocker with an extended duration of action in vivo.

Danahay H, McCarthy C, Schofield T et al. · 2025 · Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society

Background Inhibiting ENaC in the airways of people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) is hypothesized to enhance mucociliary clearance (MCC) and provide clinical benefit. Historically, inhaled ENaC blockers have failed to show benefit in pwCF…

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Improving Memory Search Through Model-Based Cue Selection.

Cornell CA, Norman KA, Griffiths TL et al. · 2024 · Psychological science

We often use cues from our environment when we get stuck searching our memories, but prior research has failed to show benefits of cuing with other, randomly selected list items during memory search. What accounts for this discrepancy? We…

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Age, income, and the discounting of delayed monetary losses.

Wan H, Myerson J, Green L et al. · 2025 · The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

Objectives Previous studies failed to find age-related differences in the discounting of delayed, monetary losses, potentially due to their failure to examine the effects of income and their use of relatively small loss amounts.…

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Passive Mobilization With Place-and-Hold Versus Active Mobilization Therapy After Flexor Tendon Repair: 5-Year Minimum Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Chevalley S, Wängberg V, Åhlén M et al. · 2024 · The Journal of hand surgery

Purpose There is no consensus on the optimal postoperative rehabilitation program following flexor tendon repair. Some studies suggest a faster recovery after active mobilization, whereas other studies have failed to find any differences…

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Effects of nicotine patches on early and late attentional bias to smoking cues: We may know less than we think.

Stone BM, Hammersley JJ, Rabinovich NE et al. · 2024 · Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology

In contrast to overnight deprivation versus satiety studies, a small number of placebo-controlled studies have failed to find that nicotine administration reduces attentional bias (AB) to smoking cues. To assess the reliability of this…

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Can Machine Learning Personalize Cardiovascular Therapy in Sepsis?

Catling FJR, Nagendran M, Festor P et al. · 2024 · Critical care explorations

Large randomized trials in sepsis have generally failed to find effective novel treatments. This is increasingly attributed to patient heterogeneity, including heterogeneous cardiovascular changes in septic shock. We discuss the potential…

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Does variation in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) moderate the association between maternal sensitivity and child attachment? A preregistered attempted replication and extension of Tchalova et al. (2024).

Platts CR, Groh AM, Runze J et al. · 2026 · Attachment & human development

Initial molecular genetic studies identified specific genes that contribute to variation in associations between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment, but these findings from small samples failed to replicate in larger-sample…

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Handedness and 23 Early Life Characteristics in 37,495 Dutch Twins.

Odintsova VV, van Dongen J, van Beijsterveldt CEM et al. · 2023 · Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies

In studies of singletons, a range of early-life characteristics have been reported to be associated with handedness, but some of these associations have failed to replicate. We examined associations between 23 early life characteristics…

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