Preventive Care
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Early infection-related hospitalization portends poor breast cancer prognosis
Particularly close monitoring for adverse breast cancer outcomes is warranted for women with an infection-related hospitalization during the first...
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Lifestyle risk index score predicts all-cause mortality
An index score incorporating lifestyle risk factors such as sedentary behavior, smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and too little or too much...
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Diabetes raises the cardiovascular risk higher in women than men
Women with diabetes have a greater than twofold risk of coronary artery disease, compared with men with diabetes.
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ACR: Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in Sjögren’s linked to lymphoma, mortality
Key clinical point: Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis increases the risk of B-cell lymphoma and death in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Major...
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Phone-based intervention helps drain sugary drinks from preschoolers’ diet
A smartphone intervention targeting maternal and child behavior can be effective in engaging mothers to participate, reduce their children’s sugar...
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AHA: Older breast cancer patients more likely to die of heart disease than malignancy
Among women diagnosed with breast cancer in their 70s, more will die from cardiovascular disease than from their malignancy.
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AHA: Physician awareness of women’s heart risk due for upgrade
Systematic assessment of heart disease risk in women is underutilized by physicians and will be the focus of a national consumer/physician...
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USPSTF annual report highlights gaps in women’s health research
Research must be increased and improved in five key areas of women’s health before any kind of recommendations for screening can be made,...
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VIDEO: SPRINT results rebut JNC 8’s blood pressure targets
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AUDIO: Do you know the most important question to ask a patient who presents with depressive symptoms?
When patients present with what you suspect is depression, how confident are you in your ability to differentiate your diagnosis from distress or...
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Study: Pediatric cancer patients have high rate of germline mutations in predisposition genes
Key clinical point: Children and adolescents with cancer have a significantly higher rate of germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes...