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Opioid Treatment Drugs Have Similar Outcomes

A study comparing the effectiveness of two pharmacologically distinct medications used to treat opioid use disorder—a buprenorphine/naloxone combination and an extended release naltrexone formulation—shows similar outcomes once medication treatment is initiated.

Early-Phase Trial Shows Shrinkage in Pediatric Neural Tumors

In an early phase clinical trial of a new oral drug, selumetinib, children with the common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas, tumors of the peripheral nerves, tolerated selumetinib and, in most cases, responded to it with tumor shrinkage.

Hearing Loss Prevalence Declining in U.S. Adults Ages 20-69

Hearing loss among U.S. adults ages 20 to 69 has declined over the last decade, even as the number of older Americans continues to grow.These findings also confirm that hearing loss is strongly associated with age and other demographic factors such as sex, race/ethnicity and education.

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