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Subtly elevated maternal glucose linked to increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot
Nondiabetic women with second-trimester subclinical elevated blood glucose have a sharply increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot.
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Smartphone app simultaneously improves multiple chronic disease risk behaviors
Remote coaching supported by a smartphone app can simultaneously improve multiple unhealthy lifestyle behaviors.
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Vegetarianism may protect against heart failure
The closer one gets to eating a vegan diet, the less likely are echocardiographic risk factors for early heart failure.
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ACR: Etanercept during pregnancy doubles the odds of major malformations
Key clinical point: Although etanercept exposure was associated with more than twofold higher odds of major structural defects, there was no...
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Late risks of breast cancer RT are higher for smokers
Key clinical point: Receipt of radiation therapy had little effect on risks among nonsmokers, but increased the risk of lung cancer and cardiac...
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VIDEO: Dr. Hope S. Rugo discusses immunotherapy, neoadjuvant treatment highlights
Dr. Hope S. Rugo shared her insights on breast cancer research presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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T-DM1 trial points way to de-escalation of breast cancer therapy
Key clinical point: T-DM1 as neoadjuvant monotherapy enables selected breast cancer patients to avoid neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or endocrine...
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ESR1 mutations linked with poorer survival from ER-positive breast cancer
Key clinical point: Women with estrogen receptor–positive advanced breast cancer who have an ESR1 mutation are at increased risk for death. Major...
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Neratinib shows consistent breast cancer benefit at 3 years
Key clinical point: The significant benefit of delayed adjuvant neratinib following chemotherapy and trastuzumab remains unabated at 3 years’...
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Laparoscopic TAP blocks offer quick, easy, postoperative analgesia
TAP blocks are usually done by an anesthesiologist under ultrasound guidance, Dr. Shanti Mohling said at a meeting sponsored by AAGL. But they can...