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Baseline MRI PI-RADS Linked to Biopsy Reclassification in Prostate Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) score is associated with biopsy reclassification among men...
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Sacituzumab Govitecan Shows Promise in Advanced Endometrial Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with advanced endometrial cancer (EC), sacituzumab govitecan (SG), a trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (Trop-2)-directed antibody-drug...
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Pain Diagnoses Seen for Most Patients With Cerebral Palsy
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most patients (89.0 percent) with cerebral palsy (CP) have one or more documented pain diagnoses, according to a research letter published online Aug. 5 in...
View ArticleCME/CE: Incorporate Nutritional Guidance in Patients With Moderate Obesity
This courses discusses a study that investigated whether nutritional guidance interventions were appropriately provided to patients with moderate obesity. The post CME/CE: Incorporate Nutritional...
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1. Perturbation-based balance training only showed moderate physical benefits in the short term (<6 months) but no benefits in physical, cognitive, or sociopsychological measures after 6 months...
View ArticleIndividualized walking and education program reduces the recurrence of low...
1. Walking significantly reduced low-back pain recurrence compared to the control group. 2. Patients in the walking group saved approximately AU $7802 per quality-adjusted life-years gained. Evidence...
View ArticleNo evidence of reliable biomarkers of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
1. In this follow-up analysis of a cohort of patients from the RECOVER study, there was no clinically meaningful difference in 25 routine laboratory biomarkers between those likely and unlikely to have...
View ArticleCancer screening costs in the United States may exceed $40 billion annually
1. In the United States, the estimated annual cost of cancer screening was $43 billion, with private insurance covering the majority of spending. 2. Colorectal cancer screening was the most frequently...
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#VisualAbstract: Atezolizumab and Chemotherapy Improve Outcomes in Advanced...
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View ArticleHigh rates of diagnostic discordance in hospitalizations for...
1. In this retrospective cohort study, discordance between initial diagnosis and discharge diagnosis occurred in over half of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia from the emergency...
View ArticleOpioid Settlements Promise Mississippi a Windfall. What Happens Next?
Hundreds of Mississippians die every year from opioid overdoses, an epidemic that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands more nationwide. In a series of historic settlement agreements,...
View ArticleKids Who Survived Super Bowl Shooting Are Scared, Suffering Panic Attacks and...
KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how children wounded that day are...
View ArticleHelping Patients Navigate Their Physical Activity Routines
Strategies physicians can use to help patients navigate their physical activity routines and to understand the importance of physical activity in their lives. Navigating how to counsel patients...
View ArticleMediterranean diet effects on vascular health and serum levels of adipokines...
1. The effect of the Mediterranean Diet on cardiovascular health can be partially explained by improved vascular health, lowered total cholesterol and LDL, lowered ceramides, and reduced serum...
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#VisualAbstract: Long-term Colchicine Does Not Reduce Recurrent Events...
1. Incidence of recurrent ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, and hospitalization was not statistically significant between both groups. 2. Patients receiving colchicine had lower...
View ArticleHomebound population linked to increased health service use and mortality
1. In this cross-sectional study, beneficiaries of a large national Medicare Advantage plan who were homebound had increased rates of health service use and mortality. 2. Female sex, low-income status,...
View ArticleKFF Health News’‘What the Health?’: Happy 50th, ERISA
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A...
View ArticleMost Black Hospitals Across the South Closed Long Ago. Their Impact Endures.
MOUND BAYOU, Miss. — In the center of this historically Black city, once deemed “the jewel of the Delta” by President Theodore Roosevelt, dreams to revitalize an abandoned hospital building have all...
View ArticleNew Lines of Attack Form Against the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too much and...
View ArticleThe FDA Calls Them ‘Recalls,’ Yet the Targeted Medical Devices Often Remain...
In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device — “a Class I recall, the most serious type,” the FDA said. “Use of this device may cause serious injuries or...
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