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Brain Metastasis
Brain metastasis constitutes more than half of all brain tumors and develops in 15% to 30% of adult patients with cancer, resulting in...
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Cardiovascular Disease Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture; Does Frailty Protect Against Cancer?; Choosing the Best Catheter for the Patient
Over the past 30 years, the incidence of fracture has steadily risen among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), but has not risen...
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OnabotulinumtoxinA for Bladder Problems; Older Cancer Patients Not Getting Full Treatment; Vitamin B Reduces Diabetic Neuropathy
OnabotulinumtoxinA is thought of mostly as a treatment for facial wrinkles, but it's also approved for other medical conditions, including...
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Bisphosphonates and Gastrointestinal Cancer: Is There a Link?
Preclinical studies have shown that bisphosphonates, one of the treatments for osteoporosis, have antitumor properties, but other studies have...
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Thyroid Lymphoma
Primary thyroid lymphoma is an uncommon cancer and includes
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A Palliative Care Coordination Program for Veterans With Advanced Cancer
Palliative care is the active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment.(1) Pain management and symptom control...
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Venous Thromboembolism and Weight Changes in Veteran Patients Using Megestrol Acetate as an Appetite Stimulant
Anorexia and cachexia are associated with a variety of diseases, including cancer, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), congestive heart...
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Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation in a Veteran Population
Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in several different diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental illness, multiple...
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Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with the development of rickets (a disease leading to soft bones and skeletal deformities), but research...
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Burn Scar Carcinoma: Patients With Marjolin's Ulcer
Thermal injuries are common in the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. As a result, medical training and treatment for burns has advanced,...
