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AATS: Metformin linked to better progression-free survival in early-stage NSCLC

Posted on: 26/06/2015 - 16:36

SEATTLE – Metformin use before surgery for stage I and II non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was associated with improved progression-free survival at 5 years in a <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 22:09

African American and Hispanic adolescents and adults under the age of 40 years were more likely to die from differentiated thyroid cancer than were non-Hispanic whites from the same age range, said...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 17:21

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 17:21

Women who are overweight and obese have a significantly higher risk of invasive breast cancer after menopause compared with normal-weight women, according to secondary <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:00

For recently postmenopausal women, oral combined hormone therapy may help with symptoms of depression and anxiety. But hormone therapy did not produce any changes in cognition. In a large,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

AACE: Endocrine treatment of childhood cancer survivors needs improvement

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 17:44

NASHVILLE – Endocrinologists dealing with adult patients who survived cancer during childhood should ensure that they have an adequate understanding of the elevated risk that such patients are at for...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Experts: Office workers should stand more

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 23:30

Employees need to spend at least 2 hours of the work day on their feet, an international group of experts advised. The group based this recommendation on studies showing possible links between...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Thyroid surgery on the rise

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 16:52

There was a steady rise in the number of endocrine procedures being performed in the United States over the past decade, according to a new publication from the Endocrine Society. Thyroid disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

ACOG: Long-term low-dose vaginal estrogen poses no apparent cancer risk

Posted on: 26/05/2015 - 22:50

SAN FRANCISCO – The use of unopposed topical vaginal estrogen is not associated with an increased risk of endometrial hyperplasia or cancer, findings from a large database review suggest. Yearly...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to higher fracture risk

Posted on: 26/05/2015 - 17:27

Individuals with subclinical hyperthyroidism are at increased risk of hip and other fractures, according to the authors of a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

AATS: Metformin linked to better progression-free survival in early-stage NSCLC

Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Obesity boosts postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

AACE: Endocrine treatment of childhood cancer survivors needs improvement

Experts: Office workers should stand more

Thyroid surgery on the rise

ACOG: Long-term low-dose vaginal estrogen poses no apparent cancer risk

Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to higher fracture risk

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