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Excess weight over lifetime hikes risk for colorectal cancer
Previous studies may have underestimated the risk for CRC because they have looked at excess weight at a single point.
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Surveillance program highly predictive for early autism
Study finds high screening accuracy in a community-based sample of more than 13,000 infants, toddlers, and preschoolers followed from 11 months to...
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Many rheumatologists in Ukraine become refugees amid chaos
Some are forced to leave the country or close their practices. Those staying are often using telemedicine or retraining to treat people outside...
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RFA has long-lasting protective effects in esophageal cancer
A 10-year report from the United Kingdom shows the benefits are durable for patients with Barrett’s esophagus.
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If you’ve never had COVID, should you relax or worry?
One infectious disease expert warns those who have never been infected not to assume they have “a suit of armor.”
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COVID-19 vaccine does not affect in vitro fertilization outcomes
New study adds proof that COVID-19 vaccines are safe with IVF and essential as pregnant women are at high risk of severe illness if they are...
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Novel scoring system emerges for alcoholic hepatitis mortality
Higher accuracy in predicting imminent death can better inform treatment options and transplant decisions, the prognostic model’s creators say.
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Industry payments linked with rheumatologists’ prescribing
For every $100 in food/beverage payments, the probability of prescribing increased from 1.5% to 14% for most drugs. The increase was particularly...
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PCOS common in adolescent girls with type 2 diabetes
A new study puts prevalence as high as 20% in this group. Authors suggest screening may be critical to prevent physical and psychological...
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Testes may ‘serve as viral sanctuary’ for SARS-CoV-2, small study shows
“It leads one to wonder whether this could have a long-term impact on fertility in men and women.”
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Biomarkers in saliva may detect hepatocellular carcinoma
MicroRNA biomarkers may provide a means of accurately and remotely testing for this increasingly common cancer, according to a small pilot study’s...
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Endometriosis not linked with preterm birth, new study finds
Changing monitoring strategies to prevent preterm birth for women with the disease may not be necessary.