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Obesity-related cancers increasing in younger adults
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- Bianca Nogrady
Half of obesity-related cancers have increased in incidence among younger adults over the past two decades.
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No gains from docetaxel in localized prostate cancer
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- Bianca Nogrady
Adding docetaxel to androgen deprivation therapy in men with localized, high-risk prostate cancer does not appear to improve progression-free...
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Race/ethnicity, other factors predict PTSD and depression after mild TBI
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- Bianca Nogrady
Patients with mild traumatic brain injury who are black or have a history of mental illness are at greater risk of developing PTSD, depression.
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Antibiotic use in dermatology declining, with one exception
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- Bianca Nogrady
Antibiotic prescriptions by dermatologists have declined significantly since 2008, except for those associated with dermatologic surgery.
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Half of parents unaware of teens’ suicidal thoughts
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- Bianca Nogrady
Around half of parents are unaware that their adolescent children have thought about killing themselves....
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Early lead exposure tied to greater psychopathology in adulthood
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- Bianca Nogrady
Patients who were exposed to high lead levels as children might benefit from increased screening, access to mental health services.
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Study shows evidence of herd immunity with HPV vaccine
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- Bianca Nogrady
The HPV vaccine was associated with significant declines in HPV infection rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated women.
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Emphasize disease prevention in communications about HPV vaccine
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- Bianca Nogrady
Parents show the greatest confidence in HPV vaccination when they are exposed to messages about the benefits of...
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Most oral HRT linked to increased VTE risk
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- Bianca Nogrady
Most oral hormone replacement therapy is associated with an increased risk of VTE, while transdermal HRT shows...
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Cerebral small vessel disease progression linked to MCI in hypertensive patients
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- Bianca Nogrady
Progressive periventricular white matter hyperintensities in hypertension are linked to higher odds of mild...
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No change in postoperative pain with restrictive opioid protocol
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- Bianca Nogrady
The implementation of an ultrarestrictive opioid prescribing protocol after gynecologic surgery was associated with significant declines in opioid...
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Negative colonoscopy linked with lower risk for more than 10 years
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- Bianca Nogrady
Individuals at average risk of colorectal cancer who have a negative colonoscopy show significantly lower rates of cancer for more than 10 years,...
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Negative colonoscopy linked with lower risk for more than 10 years
- Author:
- Bianca Nogrady
Individuals at average risk of colorectal cancer who have a negative colonoscopy show significantly lower rates of cancer for more than 10 years,...
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Increased cancer risk in dermatomyositis has temporal limits
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- Bianca Nogrady
Older patients with anti-TIF1-Ab-positive dermatomyositis are at increased risk of cancer but only within 3...
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Severe adverse events seen in placebo arm of cancer clinical trials
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- Bianca Nogrady
A significant number of patients treated only with placebo during cancer clinical trials still report serious adverse events.