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More Breast Cancers Diagnosed at Late Stage With Medicaid Cuts
40.2 percent diagnosed late-stage after Medicaid cuts versus 35.4 percent before cuts
Drug, Herb Interactions Frequent for Cancer Patients
Concomitant use of two or more drugs independently linked to high risk of clinically significant DDI
Family History Questionnaire Ups Genetic Counseling for CRC
Findings in patients who received family history questionnaire before outpatient colonoscopy
ACOG: Shared Decision-Making Key to Breast Cancer Screening
Critically important for patient's value, preferences be factored into process, ACOG leader says
Many With Advanced Cancer Want Secondary Germline Findings Info
Attitudes toward learning influenced by patients' personal disease experience, health status
Clonal Hematopoiesis Linked to Coronary Heart Disease
CHIP linked to coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction in humans; atherosclerosis in mice
1991-2014 Saw Minimal Change in Health Spending Per State
Recession and recovery, implementation of health reform impacted health care coverage
PSA Testing Frequency High in Control Arm of Screening Trial
Over 15 years of follow-up, considerable proportion of men undergo prostate-specific antigen testing
Weight-Loss Program Aids Black Breast Cancer Survivors
Community-based, interventionist-guided weight loss program efficacious for early-stage survivors
HCC Drops Beyond Five Years of Entecavir/Tenofovir Tx for Hep B
Older age, lower platelets at baseline and year five, liver stiffness ≥12 kPa linked to HCC development