Preventive Care
Conference Coverage
Screen for Barrett’s in all with central obesity?
Key clinical point: The current recommended strategy of screening for Barrett’s esophagus on the basis of symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux is...
Conference Coverage
Insomnia with very short sleep duration is a risk factor for cancer
Key clinical point: Short sleep duration increases risk of cancer.Major finding: Insomniacs who slept 5 hours or less nightly had 2.73-fold higher...
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Radiation exposure in children with heart disease highest for transplants
Key clinical point: Imaging radiation associated with heart transplants raises children’s lifetime cancer risk by 6.5%.Major finding: Children...
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Medicare to cover hepatitis C screening
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Kaiser survey: Many women skipping preventive care
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Registry data: No increase in prostate cancer risk with long-term TRT
Key clinical finding: Testosterone replacement poses no increased risk of prostate cancer when used long term in hypogonadal men.Major finding:...
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Low-dose CT could up early lung cancer detection - at a price
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Obesity increased breast cancer mortality only in premenopausal women
Major finding: Obesity was associated with a relative risk for death of 1.34 (95% confidence interval, 1.22-1.47) in premenopausal women; a weak,...
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First SEER analysis including HER2 subtype is reported
Major finding: A total of 72.7% of invasive breast cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2010 were HR-positive (expressing either estrogen...
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Women’s Health Initiative study netted $37 billion in savings
Major Finding: The WHI resulted in $35.2 billion in direct medical expenditure savings, most of which came from fewer combined HT users and...