Clinical Review
Clinical Review
Race, Ethnicity, and Perception of Prostate Cancer Risk
Researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Underwood), Buffalo, NY note that it is “...
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The Prognostic Value of Hyponatremia
Research has shown that hyponatremia predicts adverse outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure and pneumonia. But does the condition...
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Localized Blistering Lesion in a Deployed Soldier
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Geographic Access to VHA Rehabilitation Services for Traumatically Injured Veterans
The flip side of the decrease in mortality after traumatic injury associated with OEF and OIF is the increase in the number of veterans dealing...
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Breast Cancer Screening: Too Much of a Good Thing?
One in three breast cancers is overdiagnosed, say researchers who reviewed studies of publicly organized mammography screening programs in the...
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Starting with a Cognitive Disadvantage
By the time patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, they may already have begun to lose some cognitive function.
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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
The patient in this case was exposed to a painful, potentially fatal, condition that results in skin thickening and other debilitating symptoms...
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Male Osteoporosis Knowledge Among Veterans and Their Providers
Are male veterans uninformed about osteoporosis and its risk factors, screening, treatment, and prevention? What do their providers know—and can...
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A Promising New Risk Score
At present, clinicians lack a medical risk score for mortality “that applies to the general medical population, does not require specialty-...