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Use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors is associated with increased risks for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors May Up Pancreatic Disease Risk

Risks for pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer higher in Korean patients with newly diagnosed T2DM
Lung cancer screening computed tomography scans can be used to identify smoking-related conditions that frequently are associated with adverse events

CT Scan Screen for Lung Cancer Can ID Smoking-Related Diseases

New diagnoses of CVD, emphysema, osteoporosis identified, often are linked to adverse events
Psoriasis is significantly associated with an increased mortality risk

Psoriasis Independently Linked to Increased Mortality Risk

Comorbidities such as CVD, diabetes, COPD, cancer, CKD, and stroke mediate part of the association
Few oncologists and specialists recommend health promotion to cancer survivors

Few Oncologists Suggest Health Promotion to Cancer Survivors

Oncologists expressed concern that health promotion could distress or overwhelm cancer survivors
The number of marijuana growers allowed to produce the drug for U.S. government-approved research will be expanded from one to 34

DEA to Approve Dozens More Growers for Marijuana Research

Added sites will provide researchers with greater variety of marijuana to study
Survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for all subtypes of cardiovascular disease

Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Greater for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Exposure to ≥250 mg/m² doxorubicin-equivalent anthracycline chemo tied to risk for CVD, heart failure
Men should be included in clinical trials of new breast cancer treatments

FDA: Men Should Be Included in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Draft guidance that men be included in breast cancer trials issued by the FDA on Aug. 26
Prurigo nodularis is associated with mental health disorders

Prurigo Nodularis Associated With Mental Health Disorders

Odds increased for mental health disorders, HIV infection, systemic illnesses
Ninety-two percent of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers are attributable to HPV types targeted by the 9-valent HPV vaccine

Most HPV-Linked Cancers Due to Types Targeted by 9vHPV Vaccine

In 2012 to 2016, 92 percent of cancers attributable to HPV due to HPV types targeted by 9vHPV vaccine
The combination of selinexor and dexamethasone seems effective in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has not responded to standard therapies

Novel Therapy Treats Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Partial response or better observed in 26 percent of patients receiving oral selinexor-dexamethasone