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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is appealing to physicians to join the agency as part of its recovery from a 2014 scandal linked to excessive wait times

VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency

Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
A new study indicates that 8 percent of patients -- or one in 12 -- already diagnosed with one form of cancer will develop a second type of unrelated cancer. The findings were published online  July 5 in Cancer.

Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients

Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
A metabolomics signature can predict the transition from gestational diabetes mellitus to type 2 diabetes

Metabolomics Signature Can Predict GDM to T2DM Transition

Metabolomics with baseline fasting plasma could predict transition from gestational diabetes to T2DM
Postpartum readmission rates rose from 2004 to 2011

Postpartum Readmission Within Six Weeks of Delivery on the Rise

Readmission more likely among black, publically insured patients with comorbidities
The diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome is discussed in a case vignette published online July 6 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Case Vignette Addresses Diagnosis, Management of PCOS

Treatment decisions should be informed by patient priorities -- in this case hirsutism, irregular menses
Neratinib and veliparib-carboplatin appear to be effective in women with specific subtypes of breast cancer

Neratinib Active in HER2-Positive, HR-Negative Breast Cancer

And higher pathologic complete response for veliparib-carboplatin in triple-negative breast cancer
Only about half of trials registered at ClinicalTrials.gov are listed in the largest data-sharing repository

Many Clinical Trials Are Not Listed in Data-Sharing Repository

Fifty-three percent of randomized clinical trials were listed at Clinical Study Data Request website
Women with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3 have increased risks of subsequent development of anal

Risk of Noncervical Anogenital Cancer Up With History of CIN2/3

Women with history of CIN2/3 have increased long-term risk of anal, vulvar, vaginal cancers
The magnitude of the association between a multilocus genetic risk score for body mass index and BMI is larger for individuals born in later birth cohorts

Genetic Risk Score Impact on BMI Varies Across Birth Cohorts

Larger magnitude of association between genetic risk score for BMI and BMI in later birth cohorts
A mindful self-compassion program can reduce depression

Mindful Self-Compassion Program Beneficial in Diabetes

Emotional and metabolic benefits with reductions in depression and glycated hemoglobin