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VIDEO: School program aims to cut diagnostic delay in endometriosis
VANCOUVER – When should education about endometriosis start? One New Zealand program starts in high school.
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VIDEO: Endometriosis research: What women want
VANCOUVER – What’s the top research priority of patients with endometriosis?
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Health reform action shifts to Senate, exacerbated by poor AHCA CBO score
Doctors’ groups weigh in on what should and should not be in the Senate bill.
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ATS conference participants shout for science
WASHINGTON – The American Thoracic Society led a rally – “Lab Coats for Lungs” – in conjunction with its international conference in Washington...
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FDA panel backs licensure for epoetin alfa biosimilar
How could a new epoetin alfa biosimilar change care and what are some concerns?
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President’s budget: Malpractice reform but deep health care cuts
Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes Medicaid and CHIP, the CDC, and NIH funding.
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Breast cancer liquid biopsies don’t change outcomes....yet
LAS VEGAS – Although circulating tumor cells are prognostic in breast cancer, they aren’t likely to become a part of routine practice until they’...
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Alzheimer’s mortality in U.S. grew from 1999 to 2014
Mortality rose dramatically in some states and ethnicities.
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Five year survival doubles for younger women with de novo MBC
With more women than ever surviving MBC, how will long-term care be affected?
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FDA advisory committee supports L-glutamine for SCD
L-glutamine powder got the nod from the majority of the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee for treatment of sickle cell disease.
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Stem cell therapy significantly improves ulcer healing
PORTLAND, ORE. – Treating chronic venous leg ulcers with mesenchymal stem cells and fibrin spray significantly improved wound healing.