Women's Health
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Smoking Raises Risk of Breast Cancer Modestly
Major Finding: Women who were current or past smokers have a modestly higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who never smoked.Data...
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Some Late Preterm Births, Related Complications Might be Avoidable
Major Finding: Nearly 7% of late preterm births – and possibly associated morbidity and mortality – could be avoided.Data Source: A retrospective...
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Small Occult Metastases in Sentinel Nodes Don't Warrant Investigation
Major Finding: The 5-year Kaplan-Meier overall survival (OS) for patients with occult metastases was 95%, disease-free survival (DFS) was 86%, and...
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Treatment Delay Ups Hysterectomy Risk in Women with Postpartum Hemorrhage
Major Finding: A 2- to 6-hour delay in suture placement was found to be independently associated with a fourfold increase in the odds of...
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Escitalopram May Ease Menopausal Hot Flashes
Major Finding: Escitalopram decreased the frequency of hot flashes by nearly half, from 9.78 per day to 5.26 per day.Data Source: An 8-week...
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Exemestane Proves No Better Than Anastrozole for HR-Positive Early Breast Cancer
Major Finding: Event-free survival was the same at a median follow-up of 4 years, whether women received adjuvant exemestane or anastrozole (...
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Federal Guidelines for Osteoporosis Screening Updated
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AHRQ Identifies Dozens of New Genetic Tests
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Manual Drainage Fails to Prevent Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Patients
Major Finding: At 12 months, the incidence of lymphedema was 23% in women who received manual lymph drainage with exercise therapy, compared with...