Preventive Care
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Do New Blood Tests for Cancer Meet the Right Standards?
These tests have not met the strict criteria typically required for traditional cancer screening tests.
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To Live Longer, Get to Know Your Toes
Flexibility in midlife was linked to decreased chance for death in next dozen years, study finds.
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PrEP Prescription Pickups Vary With Prescriber Specialty
Patients were less likely to ignore HIV prevention medications when prescribed by a primary care clinician than by other non–infectious disease...
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Low HPV Vaccination in the United States Is a Public Health ‘Failure’
For this vaccine, which is incredibly safe and incredibly effective, in this country, only 38.6% have received even a single dose.
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Alert System Could Warn of Impact of Severe Weather on Health
“Programs for weather-related health alerts will need to be comprehensive, focusing not only on access to needed medications but also climate-...
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Research Promises Better Diabetic Retinopathy Management
Both new drugs for diabetes management and new retinopathy treatments will improve management of diabetic retinopathy.
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Recurrent Pancreatitis Triples Risk for Chronic Disease
Brief and repeated psychological interventions and alcohol and smoking cessation programs along with the development of new interventions to...
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New Tourniquet: The AED for Bleeding?
Inflatable tourniquet device may help stop bleeding in trauma situations, a common preventable cause of death.
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BRCA Mutations in Men: Important but Often Overlooked
Most are unaware of the associated cancer risks, and management recommendations for male BRCA carriers.
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Could Targeting ‘Zombie Cells’ Extend a Healthy Lifespan?
Aging cells, called “zombie cells,” can secrete a substance that interferes with other cells.
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‘Blood Everywhere’: Nurses Control In-Flight Crisis
Nurse couple returning from vacation assist man who fell, was unconscious and bleeding, with few resources on plane.