Preventive Care
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Case may be building for annual CA-125 ovarian cancer screening
Key clinical point: Annual CA-125 screening shows trend toward reducing overall mortality from ovarian cancer after 11 years. Major finding: At a...
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Psychiatric disorders prevalent in young transgender women
Young transgender women have a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders that is two to four times higher than that in the general population.
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ABMS approves new addiction medicine subspecialty
Any ABMS board-certified physician will be able to seek subspecialty certification in addiction medicine.
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How physicians can reverse the opioid crisis
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New CDC opioid guideline targets overprescribing for chronic pain
Nonopioid therapy is the preferred approach to manage chronic pain outside of active cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care, the CDC said.
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HPV vaccination protects high-risk girls from cervical cancer
HPV vaccination, even partial vaccination, was protective against cervical cancer in minority girls at increased risk for infection.
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VIDEO: Advice varies for chemoprevention, genetic testing in invasive breast cancer
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Coronary artery calcium linked to cancer, kidney disease, COPD
Key clinical point: High coronary artery calcium scores were significantly associated with noncardiovascular disease events in a prospective study...
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Low BMI, high body fat both raise mortality risk
Key clinical point: Both a low BMI and a high percentage of body fat are independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in...
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Quitting smoking plus low-dose helical CT reduces lung cancer death risk
Key clinical point: Smoking cessation and lung cancer screening with low-dose helical computed tomography reduces lung cancer mortality. Major...
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Birth-cohort HCV testing misses one-quarter of infections
Key clinical point: CDC recommendations for birth-cohort and high-risk screening for hepatitis C infection may miss one-quarter of infections....