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MDedge Daily News: How smartphones could battle oral cancer
And what FDA panel speakers may be hiding.
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World Trade Center responders face greater cancer burden, including greater risk of multiple myeloma
The prevalence of multiple myeloma precursor disease was more than threefold higher in WTC exposed firefighters.
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Healthy lifestyle linked to better colon cancer survival
Five-year colon cancer survival probability was 85% for highly ACS guideline–adherent patients and 76% for patients with low adherence.
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MDedge Daily News: Time to let more pregnant women into drug trials?
And health IT under-users still outnumber super-users.
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Bisphosphonate use linked with lower risk of lung cancer for never-smokers
Use of oral bisphosphonates was associated with a lower risk of developing lung cancer in postmenopausal women, but only those who were never...
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MDedge Daily News: Avoid warfarin’s polypharmacy perils
And red meat may fuel the rise of fatty livers.
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FDA wants data on role of flavored tobacco products in youth initiation
“Youth consistently report product flavoring as a leading reason for using tobacco products,” FDA Commissioner Gottlieb noted.
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Beware of polypharmacy in patients taking warfarin
SAN DIEGO – The incidence of polypharmacy among patients on warfarin therapy appears to peak at age 75.
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NASH rapidly overtaking hepatitis C as cause of liver cancer
The analysis is based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data.
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USPSTF: Routine screens for ovarian cancer not recommended
USPSTF issues final recommendation against routine screens, citing risk for unnecessary surgeries.
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VIDEO: Cystic fibrosis patients need earlier, more frequent colorectal cancer screening
Colonoscopy screenings should commence at age 40 years for most, but at age 30 years for CF patients with lung transplants.