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Financial Incentives Do Not Boost Use of At-Home CRC Screening Tests
$10 incentives used in the study may have been too small to garner a response
J-Shaped Association Seen for BMI, Hodgkin Lymphoma
Strong positive association noted, with incidence increasing in BMIs greater than 24.2 kg/m²
Rates of Marijuana Use in Cancer Patients on the Rise in U.S.
People with cancer also more likely to use prescription opioids than those without
National Hand Hygiene Initiative Successful in Australia
Overall hand hygiene compliance increased from 2009 to 2017; associated drop seen in HA-SAB incidence
Informational Film Improves Knowledge on Lung Cancer Screening
Mean objective and subjective knowledge improved; higher decisional certainty seen with film
Loan Forgiveness, Educational Debt May Affect Practice Patterns
Graduates with loan forgiveness/repayment program more likely to enter primary care fields
Conception by IVF May Increase Risk for Rare Childhood Cancer
Rate of hepatic tumors higher among children conceived via IVF
CDC: Recent Decline Seen in High-Grade Cervical Lesions
Vast majority of cervical precancer cases attributable to HPV types targeted by 9-valent HPV vaccine
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation
Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills
iADL Dependency May Up Mortality in Hematologic Cancers
Instrumental activities of daily living dependency, mortality linked in seniors with hematologic cancer
