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(MedPage Today) -- Surgical oncologists got a mixed review for adherence to clinical guidelines, including high marks for adjuvant therapy but low grades for nodal management, authors of a retrospective cohort study concluded.

Jenny Craig bested both Slim Fast 3-2-1 and Weight Watchers in the latest battle in the diet wars.

The new diet ratings, released by Consumer Reports Health, gave six popular diets a score based on their overall effect on weight loss, adherence, and how well they followed the 2010 U.S. dietary guidelines for Americans.

(MedPage Today) -- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which provides guidance to the CDC, has modified its recommendations for vaccinating healthcare workers against pertussis to remove obstacles to adherence.

High adherence to HIV therapy saved healthcare dollars as well as lives in a South African cohort, researchers found.

Watching people take their HIV medications appears to have no advantage over self-administered treatment in improving adherence, researchers said.

Oral controller medications led to better asthma outcomes compared with inhaled steroids because patients were more likely to take the drugs, an analysis showed.

Doctors caring for people with HIV need to ensure that their patients adhere not only to medications but also to the wider spectrum of care, new guidelines for primary care management of the infection affirm.

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Automated phone reminders may increase the likelihood patients will take medication for chronic conditions, a researcher said here.

Overall, in a pilot study of a ginkgo biloba extract for delaying the onset of dementia in the elderly, researchers did not find a reduction in progression to dementia in those using ginkgo versus those using placebo.

However, when the researchers took into account participants' adherence to taking the compound, the group that took ginkgo did appear to have a reduced risk of progression and a smaller decline in memory.