Preventive Care
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Later menopause lowers risk of later depression
Key clinical point: Later menopause, with its longer estrogen exposure, appears tied to a lower risk of postmenopausal depression. Major finding:...
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Vegetarianism may protect against heart failure
The closer one gets to eating a vegan diet, the less likely are echocardiographic risk factors for early heart failure.
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Risk of lethal prostate cancer is lower for regular aspirin users
Key clinical point: Regular aspirin use may reduce the risk of developing advanced prostate cancer and dying from the disease. Major finding: Men...
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High-dose vitamin D increases fall risk in study of 200 patients
Older adults treated with high-dose vitamin D as part of a double-blind, randomized clinical trial achieved target 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels at 6...
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Can aspirin prevent breast cancer?
Aspirin use protects against a known intermediate biomarker of breast cancer risk in a dose-dependent fashion.
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ACOG recommends against annual cervical cancer screening
Since cervical cancer is “a rather indolent disease,” more frequent testing is much more likely to result in anxiety and unnecessary treatment...
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2014 sets U.S. record for drug overdose deaths
Key clinical point: Efforts to encourage safer prescribing of opioid pain relievers should be strengthened. Major finding: In 2014, opioids were...
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Cancer incidence higher in men, blacks
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FDA proposes ban on indoor tanning for minors
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Chagas disease: Neither foreign nor untreatable
With better awareness of Chagas as a U.S. disease, and a treatable one, a positive blood result should never be ignored, say specialists.