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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Survival Similar With 2- vs. 4-cm Margins for Thick Melanomas
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: At a median follow-up of 6.7 years, the 5-year overall survival was 65% in 465 patients randomized to treatment with a 2-cm...
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DVT, PE Risk Increased in Surgery Patients with IBD
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: After adjustment for more than 30 possible confounders available in the NSQIP that add to the power to predict DVT or PE, a...
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Social Phobia in Youth: More Than Just Shyness
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Only 12.4% of 4,749 youth who described themselves as shy, and 10.6% whose parents considered them shy, also met the DSM-IV...
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New AAP ADHD Guideline Expands Age Range, Scope
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- Sharon Worcester
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Some Vitamin, Mineral Supplements May Be Harmful
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Supplemental iron was most strongly associated with increased mortality (hazard ratio of 1.10 in a fully adjusted model).The use of...
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Tweaks Proposed for AAP Developmental-Behavioral Screening Algorithm
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- Sharon Worcester
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Hypofractionated Radiation Compares to Conventional Course for Prostate Cancer
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: The 5-year cumulative incidence rate of biochemical failure was 13.9% with hypofractionated IMRT and 14.4% with conventional IMRT....
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Newer Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Less Harmful to Rectum
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Acute grade 2 toxicities occurred in 16.9% and 13.9% of patients in the 3D-CRT and IMRT groups, respectively.Data Source: An...
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Infection, Not Vaccination, May Be Culprit in Post-H1N1 Narcolepsy
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Interviews with 142 patients with narcolepsy who recalled whether they were vaccinated against 2009 H1N1 influenza revealed that...
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Pulmonary Fibrosis: Novel Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Promising
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: The 85 patients who received an oral dose of BIBF 1120 at 150 mg twice daily had a mean decline in FVC of 0.06 L/year, compared...
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Routine Rotavirus Vaccination May Reduce Health Care Costs
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Rates of diarrhea-related hospitalizations declined by 33% from 2001-2006 to 2007-2008 (from 52 to 35 per 10,000 person-years) and...
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SSRIs, Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep Linked in Children
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: Nearly a third (31.7%) of 41 children receiving SSRIs at the time of the study experienced periodic limb movements of sleep,...
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Estimating PTSD Prevalence Requires Precise Exposure Details
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: More than a third of the subjects in the study who experienced direct exposure to danger during the tragic events of 9/11 met...
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Sleep Deprivation Predicts PTSD in Redeployed Soldiers
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- Sharon Worcester
Major Finding: The majority (72%) of the 2,738 subjects reported short sleep duration – with 43% reporting less than 7 hours nightly (short sleep...
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Unusual Swine Flu Cases Have H1N1 Links
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- Sharon Worcester