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Short-term hormone replacement therapy upped ovarian cancer risk

Posted on: 12/02/2015 - 23:30

Current, short-term use of hormone replacement therapy led to a 43% increase in risk of serous and endometrioid ovarian cancers, according to a large ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Cancer risk in stroke survivors seems high, but more study needed

Posted on: 12/02/2015 - 21:32

NASHVILLE, TENN. – Patients who survive an ischemic stroke may not be totally out of the woods when it comes to another potential threat: cancer. D... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 22:00

Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis,... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 22:00

Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis,... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

New concerns rise over iatrogenic hydroxychloroquine retinopathy

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 16:12

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The risk of irreversible hydroxychloroquine toxic retinopathy is much greater than previously appreciated, Dr. James T. Rosenbaum ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Stage trumps biology for most small triple-negative breast cancers

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 13:20

SAN ANTONIO – Patients with stage T1a or T1b triple-negative breast cancer have an excellent prognosis even without chemotherapy, according to Dr. E... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Stage trumps biology for most small triple-negative breast cancers

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 13:20

SAN ANTONIO – Patients with stage T1a or T1b triple-negative breast cancer have an excellent prognosis even without chemotherapy, according to Dr. E... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

IOM report calls for new criteria, new name for chronic fatigue syndrome

Posted on: 10/02/2015 - 20:51

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, should be renamed systemic exertion intolerance disease to better convey the complexity... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: No consensus on diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes

Posted on: 10/02/2015 - 17:05

SAN DIEGO – A lack of consensus exists regarding optimal criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus, noted Dr. Linda Barbour. “The big... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Smoking impairs biologic response in axial spondyloarthritis

Posted on: 09/02/2015 - 23:30

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis who smoke and have elevated C-reactive protein levels respond less well to anti–tumor necrosis factor treatmen... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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