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Funding Opportunity for PKU Research
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International Pompe Disease Conference Scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 1
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Paper Reflects Progress Toward Treating Appetite Issues in Prader-Willi Syndrome
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ITC 2015: TIRADS scoring helps sort out malignancy after fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodule
A scoring system for ultrasound evaluation of thyroid nodules is useful in predicting malignancy in cases of atypia of unknown significance but is...
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Cabozantinib boosts survival for some patients with RET+ medullary thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Cabozantinib improved overall survival in RET-M918T–positive progressive medullary thyroid cancers. Major finding: Compared to...
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Obesity linked with more aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma
Obesity was strongly associated with more aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma features, but not with a greater likelihood of disease recurrence...
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Aspirin, weight loss cut colorectal cancer risk in Lynch syndrome
Losing weight and taking aspirin protect people who are genetically predisposed to colorectal cancer from developing the disease, especially men...
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NORD Summit to Feature Topics Related to Diagnosing and Treating Patients with Complex Rare Diseases
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New Cushing’s guidelines emphasize team approach
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Tumor location, radiotherapy predict neuroendocrine dysfunction after pediatric glioma
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Study cannot rule out pioglitazone link to bladder cancer
Key clinical point: Pioglitazone did not increase the risk of bladder cancer significantly in this study, but an association still cannot be ruled...