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Findings based on a pilot of underscreened women in Appalachia

Findings seen among people with dystonia or spasticity treated with botulinum toxin type A

Patients who use tobacco should be offered brief intervention, including prescriptions, behavioral support

Findings based on study of women born during the Chinese famine period, 1956 to 1964

CT-P13 is equivalent to reference product in primary outcome; no difference in safety outcomes

Engagement does not influence the trajectory of age-related decline in cognitive performance

Rate of detection increased 14 percent; detection rates higher for grade 1, 2 invasive cancers

After adjustment for confounders, vaccine linked to lower all-cause, cardiovascular death

Combination of the strategies identifies the most clinically important prostate cancers

Patients with prophylactic mesh had increased early postoperative pain, prolonged wound healing of SSI

More female, black, and Hispanic matriculants seen after diversity accreditation standards implemented

The 41st Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium was held from Dec. 4 to 8 in San Antonio and attracted more than 7,500 participants from around the world, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, researchers, and other health care professionals. The conference highlighted recent advances in the risk, […]

Policies optimizing competing goals and defining training competency needed

CDC says there have been 158 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in 36 states

No further risk reduction for CVD morbidity, all-cause mortality seen for ≥60 minutes/week

In adjusted analysis, smoking tied to worse symptom severity, sleep problems, anxiety, depression

National 1 µg/m³ drop in PM_2.5 concentration would result in economic benefit of nearly $350 million

Total EMS time for cardiac arrest was longer for patients in lowest ZIP code income quartile

Chronic opioid use in pregnancy resulting in NAS linked to smaller head circumference in neonates

Second study shows no significant difference in patients’ survival based on donor BMI