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Hidradenitis suppurativa can be associated with infectious and/or neoplastic fatal complications

Fatal Case of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Described

Case report describes fatal case of HS associated with sepsis and squamous cell carcinoma
Body mass index

Lifestyle Factors Not Linked to Chronic Prostatitis/Pelvic Pain

No correlations seen in large cohort study of U.S. male health professionals
Cutting most of the sugar from a child's diet can rapidly improve metabolic health

Rapid Health Benefits Seen With Sugar Reduction in Children

Though calories remained same, obese children saw better BP, cholesterol, blood glucose levels
Fewer Americans are dying from cardiovascular disease

Mortality Rates for Major Illnesses Fall in the United States

Prevention key to continued progress in fighting cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Ductal carcinoma in situ is much more likely to be aggressive when discovered in older women

Risk of More Aggressive Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Rises With Age

DCIS more likely to become invasive at 60 than 50
The importance of thanking patients for coming to see you

Physician Emphasizes Importance of Saying Thank You

Doctor reports feeling deeper connection to his patients; improvement in patient satisfaction score
Clinicians should screen overweight and obese adults between 40 and 70 years old for abnormal blood glucose levels

USPSTF Urges Broader Screening for Type 2 Diabetes

Task Force advises testing overweight, obese people aged 40 to 70 for abnormal blood sugar
New research suggests that doctors don't warn younger women when they're at risk for cardiovascular disease as often as they warn men. And once younger women suffer an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Gender Gap Appears to Continue in Cardiovascular Care

Younger women less likely than men to be warned of risk, get same treatments or survive after MI
Lifestyle modification

Functional Foods Could Help With Long-Term Weight Loss

Positive results reported in rodent studies, but translation of results into humans is needed
Direct-acting antiviral therapies are associated with high sustained virologic response rates in hepatitis C virus-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome

Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies Beneficial in HCV-MCS

High sustained virologic response at 12 weeks in hep C virus-linked mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome