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Patients with the FTO gene respond to weight-loss strategies as well as those without the gene

FTO Gene Does Not Inhibit Weight Loss Success

Lifestyle, environment likely play bigger roles when losing weight, researchers say
Abuse of opioids costs the U.S. economy $78.5 billion a year

Economic Burden of U.S. Opioid Epidemic $78.5 Billion Annually

Costs includes health care, lost productivity, treatment programs
New guidelines have been issued by three leading cancer organizations for postmastectomy radiotherapy. All three groups published the guidelines online this week in their respective journals: the Journal of Clinical Oncology

ASCO/ASTRO/SSO Update Guidelines on Postmastectomy RT

Clear evidence that PMRT benefit extends to women with limited lymph node involvement
For women with type 1 diabetes

Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 Tied to Preeclampsia Risk in T1DM

Elevated FABP4 in early pregnancy and second trimester in women in whom preeclampsia develops
Changes in diet quality correlate with subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes

Quality of Diet Linked to Risk of T2DM Regardless of BMI Change

Association only partly explained by body weight changes
For women in the third stage of labor

Misoprostol Doesn’t Cut Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage

Misoprostol administered immediately after delivery also linked to more maternal adverse events
Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians

Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain

Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
The number of Medicare patients receiving mammograms increased slightly

Health Care Reform Tied to Higher Uptake of Mammography

Findings for women participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
The vaccine against the H1N1 strain of influenza doesn't appear to be linked to congenital malformations

H1N1 Vaccine Not Associated With Congenital Malformations

Study finds that infants born to women who received vaccine had no overall higher odds
Staff members at nearly one in 10 major U.S. cancer centers -- all of which provide palliative care services -- weren't certain such symptom-management and supportive care was actually available there

Some Cancer Center Staff Uncertain of Services Offered

'Mystery shopper' study shows one in 10 facilities provided misinformation on palliative care services