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Breast cancer patients show poor adherence to cardiovascular, diabetes medications

Posted on: 04/02/2015 - 13:31

SAN ANTONIO – Hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes are common among breast cancer survivors – and so is nonadherence to medications pr... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Improved version of gastric stimulator for gastroparesis approved as humanitarian device

Posted on: 03/02/2015 - 21:21

An improved version of a neurostimulator device for treating gastroparesis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the man... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Metabolic syndrome linked to increased risk for most endometrial cancer subtypes

Posted on: 13/01/2015 - 05:05

Elderly women in the United States who have metabolic syndrome and its related factors face an increased risk of endometrial cancer, according to an a... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Metabolic syndrome linked to increased risk for most endometrial cancer subtypes

Posted on: 13/01/2015 - 05:05

Elderly women in the United States who have metabolic syndrome and its related factors face an increased risk of endometrial cancer, according to an a... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Study aims to determine prognostic factors for subset of thyroid cancer patients

Posted on: 12/01/2015 - 22:17

CORONADO, CALIF. – In patients with radioactive iodine–refractory differentiated thyroid cancer, those with target lesions less than 1.5 cm in siz... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Diabetes substantially overtreated in older adults

Posted on: 12/01/2015 - 19:41

Most older patients with diabetes who had complex or poor health status and limited life expectancy were still given insulin or sulfonylureas to achie... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Hot flashes linked to increased hip fracture risk

Posted on: 30/12/2014 - 12:49

Hot flashes are associated with a significant increase in the risk of hip fracture, regardless of age, body mass index, and other confounders such as smoking, according to analysis of data from the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

High serum vitamin D levels linked to prostate cancer risk

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 20:07

Mounting evidence suggests that there may be an increased risk of prostate cancer among men with the highest levels of vitamin D. At a public conference on vitamin D sponsored by the National...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Osteoporosis medication use down in older women

Posted on: 10/12/2014 - 22:27

Even as the number of women aged 50 years and older continues to rise, the percentage who are taking osteoporosis medications has fallen by one-third since 2004-2005, the Agency for Healthcare...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Men on androgen deprivation therapy not getting bisphosphonates

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 21:00

The rate of prescribing bisphosphonates to protect the bone health of prostate cancer patients taking androgen deprivation therapy is extremely low in Ontario, even among those at high risk of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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