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Suicide rate jumps 30%
In the wake of two celebrity suicides, MDedge has compiled resources and research for you.
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Smoking tied to localized prostate cancer recurrence, metastasis, death
Over 22,000 patients from 11 studies appear to show risk.
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Statin effect in prostate cancer may be caused by reduced inflammation
Statin use was associated with a lower risk of PTEN-null prostate cancer, so that seems to drive some of the reduced association with lethal...
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Prostate cancer risk before age 55 higher for black men
Previous studies have examined populations and then conducted a secondary analysis on outcomes in black men, but black men were the primary...
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Hip pain predicts arthritis mortality beyond comorbidities
Hip pain also appeared to impact mortality in younger patients.
Opinion
What is causing my patients’ macrocytosis?
How to find the source of an incidental finding of macrocytosis, especially in patients without anemia.
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TAILORx: Most women with intermediate risk ER+ breast cancer can safely skip chemo
Big news for some breast cancer patients from ASCO 2018
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ACS: Screen for colon cancer at 45
And testosterone therapy may impact kidney stone risk.
From the Journals
Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality
This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.”
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High testosterone in postmenopausal women may add CVD risk
This comes while estradiol is associated with a reduced risk of some heart conditions.
From the Journals
Psoriasis therapy with biologics not linked to increased cancer risk
The international case-control study using registry data looked at risk in real-world clinical practice.