Preventive Care
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Colonoscopy follow-up varied widely after positive fecal blood test
Key clinical point: Increasing age and comorbidities reduce the likelihood of colonoscopy follow-up for a positive fecal occult blood test. Major...
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‘Tailored navigation’ ups colorectal cancer screening adherence
Key clinical point: Providing patients with colorectal cancer screening options and support could improve adherence and reduce racial disparities...
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VIDEO: Sun protection urged for Asian, Hispanic women
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VIDEO: Ask gay and bisexual men about tanning bed use
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Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk
Key clinical point: Only a third of the variation in cancer risk among tissues is because of the environment or inheritance, and this has...
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CDC: Cancer incidence and survival improve; racial disparities persist
Key clinical point: Incidence rates are declining for some cancers, and survival is improving. Major finding: The 5-year survival rate is 65%...
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Groups spotlight birth defect prevention in first-ever world awareness day
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Mediterranean diet linked with fewer strokes
Key clinical point: Californian women who at least partially followed a Mediterranean diet had significantly fewer strokes, compared with women...
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Look for adverse events in patients with chronic urticaria
Key clinical point: The cumulative adverse events of oral corticosteroids may not present to the physician treating the patient for urticaria....
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With menstrual acne flares, OCs and spironolactone boost effect of maintenance therapy
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More cancer patients surviving longer, but age-based disparities remain
Key clinical point: Cancer survival rates improved less for older than younger patients in a large longitudinal study.