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    Katie Lennon

    Katie Lennon is editor of MDedge's Family Practice News and Internal Medicine News. She has also served as editor of CHEST Physician; a staff writer for Financial Times publications; and a reporter for the Princeton Packet, Ocean County Observer, and South Bend Tribune. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. Follow her on Twitter @KatieWLennon.

    News

    Plasma Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Inversely Associated With Cancer

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: November 8, 2024

    The findings support possible small net protective roles of omega-3 and omega-6 PUFAs in the development of new cancer incidence, the researchers...

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    News

    Prostate Cancer Treatment Associated With More Complications

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: November 8, 2024

    Researchers conducted a cohort study to try to characterize long-term treatment-related adverse effects and complications in patients treated for...

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    News

    Adjuvant Chemo Beneficial in TNBC With High Immune Infiltration

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: October 22, 2024

    Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of a phase 3 trial to identify the specific population that benefited from adjuvant capecitabine....

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    News

    Survival Outcomes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Show Improvement Over Time

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: September 26, 2024

    Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate survival trends among 3441 patients with HCC.

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    News

    Does Medicare Advantage Offer Higher-Value Chemotherapy?

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: September 26, 2024

    Researchers conducted a cohort study to look at Medicare Advantage enrollment and treatment patterns for patients with cancer receiving...

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    News

    Screening Identifies Familial Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Large Health System

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: September 26, 2024

    The number needed to test to detect one BRCA1/2-positive patient decreased from 128 to 53 for women and from 119 to 42 for men when prescreening...

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    News

    Black Women Have a Higher Risk for Death in BC Subtypes

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: September 23, 2024

    Researchers examined racial differences in BC survival by subtype through conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 US studies.

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    News

    Hair straighteners’ risk too small for docs to advise against their use

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: October 21, 2022

    Primary care doctors are unlikely to address the increased risk of uterine cancer in women who frequently use hair straighteners that a new study...

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    News

    Dr. Faith Fitzgerald was dedicated to her patients, students, and friends

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: April 20, 2022

    She worked as a medical educator, influencing several people interviewed for this story in that role.

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    News

    Honoring Dr. Paul Farmer: Dr. Serena Koenig shares her memories of working with him

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: March 3, 2022

    Dr. Farmer and his colleagues at Partners in Health started the HIV Equity Initiative, which was one of the first programs in the world to provide...

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    Opinion

    Editor’s note on 50th Anniversary series

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: November 30, 2021

    April Lockley, DO, represents a new generation of family physicians who began their careers in the 21st century, and she is hopeful that the...

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    News

    ‘Residents’ Viewpoint’ revisited

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: November 4, 2021

    Read about the experiences of a resident practicing family medicine today and a resident practicing family medicine nearly 4½ decades ago.

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    News

    Patient contact with primary care physicians declines in study

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: January 26, 2021

    Experts describe possible drivers of decreased patient visits and contact.

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    News

    Family Practice News celebrates 50 years

    Author:
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: January 5, 2021

    Look for articles, commentaries, and other special features highlighting the evolution of the specialty throughout 2021.

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    News

    WHO: Asymptomatic COVID-19 spread deemed ‘rare’

    Author:
    Jeff Craven
    Katie Lennon
    Publish date: June 8, 2020

    “It is important to breakdown truly asymptomatic vs pre-symptomatic vs mildly symptomatic.”

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