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Effect of a text messaging intervention on influenza vaccination in an urban, low-income pediatric and adolescent population: a randomized controlled trial.
Source: JAMA. 2012 Apr 25;307(16):1702-8.
Relevance Rating: 4
Newsworthiness Rating: 4

Fermented milk for hypertension.
Source: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Apr 18;4:CD008118.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection With Acid Suppressing Drugs and Antibiotics: Meta-Analysis.
Source: Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Apr 24. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2012.108.
Relevance Rating: 7
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

A primary care-based, multicomponent lifestyle intervention for overweight adolescent females.
Source: Pediatrics. 2012 Mar;129(3):e611-20. Epub 2012 Feb 13.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Lifestyle change and mobility in obese adults with type 2 diabetes.
Source: N Engl J Med. 2012 Mar 29;366(13):1209-17.
Relevance Rating: 7
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases.
Source: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Mar 14;3:CD007176.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

A weight-loss diet including coffee-derived mannooligosaccharides enhances adipose tissue loss in overweight men but not women.
Source: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Feb;20(2):343-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.289. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
Relevance Rating: 5
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

The effects of extended pre-quit varenicline treatment on smoking behavior and short-term abstinence: a randomized clinical trial.
Source: Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Feb;91(2):172-80. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.317. Epub 2011 Nov 30.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

Pyronaridine-artesunate versus mefloquine plus artesunate for malaria.
Source: N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 5;366(14):1298-309.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 6

Efficiency of neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency in children born in mainland France between 1996 and 2003.
Source: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Feb;166(2):113-20.
Relevance Rating: 6
Newsworthiness Rating: 5

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