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FDA OKs pancreatic islet cell therapy for type 1 diabetes
“Today’s approval ... provides individuals living with type 1 diabetes and recurrent severe hypoglycemia an additional treatment option to help...
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Offering blood test ups CRC screening for people who first declined colonoscopy, FIT
But a positive result doesn’t always lead to a timely colonoscopy.
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Indefinite anticoagulation likely not cost effective after unprovoked VTE
Pros, cons, and lack of cost-effectiveness warrant shared decision-making based on preferences and values.
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In head and neck cancer, better outcomes seen in patients with overweight
Among 445 patients treated with chemoradiation, those with overweight saw improvements in survival and tumor recurrence, compared with patients...
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ESMO helps hematologists assess new cancer drugs
The group’s new study evaluation tool, the ESMO-MCBS:H, is aimed at helping doctors and others determine the benefit of new blood cancer therapies...
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New international guidelines on opioid deprescribing
The recommendations describe best practices for stopping opioid therapy and emphasize slow tapering and individualized deprescribing plans...
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Colorectal cancer: Younger patients fare worse
Genetic data also showed increased prevalence of certain mutations in early-onset patients.
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Physician suicide roundtable: 8 important initiatives that can help
We ask, how full is your gas tank? Select 1 to 5 (Empty to Full). If they flag low, they receive a follow-up.
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New data on traumatic brain injury show it’s chronic, evolving
“Our results dispute the notion that TBI is a discrete, isolated medical event with a finite, static functional outcome following a relatively...
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More than 30 experts question validity of serotonin/depression study
The authors of the review article stand by their conclusion.
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Study points to need to improve identification of culprit in SJS/TEN cases
A single culprit drug was labeled in 17 cases, but physicians communicated certainty in only 7 of those cases.