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Administrative data can help drive quality improvement in breast cancer care
Using electronic administrative databases in five Italian regional oncology networks found, for instance, the extensive use of blood tumor markers...
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Can insulin plus metformin improve pregnancy outcomes in women with type 2 diabetes?
WASHINGTON – A number of studies are currently tracking the impact of add-on metformin during pregnancy.
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Platinum-based therapy superior in study of upper GI tumors
However, the study aim to validate intratumoral ERCC1 levels as a predictive marker of platinum sensitivity was not realized.
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Metformin after GDM: Lessons from landmark diabetes prevention trial
WASHINGTON – Dr. Robert E. Ratner and Dr. Kim Boggess expound on the evidence base for using metformin and give their takes on postpartum clinical...
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Data build on cardiovascular disease risk after GDM, HDP
WASHINGTON – “The metabolic stress of pregnancy can uncover underlying susceptibilities.” – Deborah B. Ehrenthal, MD...
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Plug-unplug catheters: A good option, study suggests
Women using plug-unplug catheters after prolapse surgery versus continuous drainage catheters felt they were less cumbersome.
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Prior authorizations for infusibles cause delays, toxicities
A new study reveals the prior authorization difficulties that patients must go through to receive infusible biologics, providing evidence to...
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Try testosterone for some women with sexual dysfunction, but not others
Evidence does not support testosterone use for other conditions, and concentrations should mirror premenopausal physiological conditions.
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Social determinants of health gaining prominence
Training to recognize patients’ social determinants of health – factors such as income, living and working conditions, and access to healthy food...
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Sexual assault in military linked to sexual pain
Comorbid depression and PTSD also was likely in these female veterans.
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Inhaler technique not to blame for uncontrolled asthma in inner-city study
Study participants had suboptimal living conditions in lower income Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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Preprints come to medicine: medRxiv launches with safeguards
The new repository of preprints in medicine is intended for researcher-to-researcher communication before publication in peer-reviewed journals....
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Beyond disclosure: Industry relationships face renewed scrutiny in oncology
The recent controversy over lack of disclosure of industry payments at Memorial Sloan Kettering has opened up a wider debate in oncology over...
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FDA urges caution with robotic devices in cancer surgery
The FDA cites evidence that the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for treatment or prevention of cancers may be associated with...
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...