Preventive Care
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CANVAS: Canagliflozin cuts cardiovascular events, doubles risk of amputations
SAN DIEGO – Would you accept this trade-off: Lower risk for MI, greater risk for amputation?
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Study supports expanded definition of serrated polyposis syndrome
Since serrated polyposis syndrome increases the risk of colorectal cancer, expanding the diagnostic criteria will increase surveillance for at-...
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Exhaustive leveling needed for diagnosis of colon adenomas
Adenomas are too often missed, “partially because pathologists are not typically evaluating an entire specimen.”
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Primary care involvement improves chance of meeting recommended surveillance intervals
A close link with primary care significantly decreased the risk of inappropriate follow-up in patients with nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus.
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How to best evaluate children’s melanocytic lesions for melanoma
Learn how to be an efficient member of the “mole patrol unit.”
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Persistently nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus did not protect against progression
Surveillance intervals for Barrett’s esophagus are still not resolved.
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Cervical cancer screening adherence drops after HPV vaccination
SAN DIEGO – How does increased HPV vaccination impact the strategy for cervical cancer screening later on?
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Acne improved in most women treated with spironolactone
Most of the women in the review improved with spironolactone, including those who had not responded to other therapies.
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Mole count predicted melanoma death, especially among men
PORTLAND, ORE. – Could the number of cutaneous nevi among white men and women be used to help predict their risk of death from melanoma?
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Modern estrogen ‘microdoses’ in contraceptives did not increase risk of melanoma
PORTLAND, ORE. – The null results of a retrospective cohort study belied decades-old studies that linked contraceptives containing much higher...
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Statins: No benefit as primary prevention in elderly
Are your older, hypertensive, mildly hypercholesterolemic patients taking statins?