Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.
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Child's Cardiovascular Risks Are Measured, but Seldom Managed
Major Finding: A chart review showed that 88% of charts included a record of BMI and 98% included a record of blood pressure.
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...
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Study Backs Intervention to Cut Teens' Sugary Drink Intake
Major Finding: The between-group differences for changes in body mass index and weight among the 224 participants randomized to the intervention...
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Suicidal Behavior Predictors Identified in First-Episode Psychosis
Major Finding: Having experienced negative events in the prior 3 months increased the likelihood of suicide-related behaviors nearly twofold, and...
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Everolimus Reduces Breast Cancer Treatment Effects in Bone
Major Finding: Treatment with everolimus and exemestane was associated with improved levels of bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, amino-terminal...
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EMILIA Study: T-DMI Prolongs Progression-Free and Overall Survival
Major Finding: The median progression-free survival among those randomized to receive trastuzumab emtansine was 9.6 months, compared with 6.4...
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Death of Child Linked to Psychosis Onset
Major Finding: Child loss significantly predicted the age of onset of psychosis (age of onset was 36.4 and 27.2 years for those experiencing and...
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First-Episode Psychosis: Flat Affect Predicts Poor Outcome
Major Finding: Although 41% of patients had clinically significant flat affect at 10 years, only 5% had enduring flat affect across the entire...
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Age, Weight May Define Benefits, Risks of Vorapaxar After MI
Major Finding: During a median follow-up of 2.5 years, cardiovascular death, MI, or stroke occurred in 610 of the 8,898 patients who received...
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Stroke Treatment Gets Boost From New Clot Retrievers
Major Finding: Successful recanalization was significantly more likely to occur in 58 patients treated with the Solitaire device than in 55...
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Radiation to Pancreas Linked with Diabetes in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Cancer survivors who received radiotherapy to the tail of the pancreas at a dose of 10 Gy or more during childhood were...
