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Distinct clinical outcomes are seen for luminal- and basal-like prostate cancers

Distinct Outcomes for Luminal-, Basal-Like Prostate Cancers

Luminal B prostate cancers exhibited poorest clinical prognosis in univariate, multivariate analyses
Body size seems to be associated with increased risk of primary hyperparathyroidism in women

Body Size Linked to Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Women

Multivariable adjusted relative risk for incident P-HPTH increases with waist circumference, weight
Patients with degenerative brain diseases die about two years earlier compared with people who don't have these conditions

Life Expectancy Slighter Shorter With Parkinson’s, Dementia

Two-year difference seen between people with degenerative brain diseases and their healthy peers
Women who undergo menopause early or who never gave birth might have an increased risk of heart failure

Younger Age at Menopause Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Failure

Women who have never given birth also appear at increased risk for incident heart failure
More than half of eligible Americans traveling abroad don't get a measles vaccine

Few Eligible U.S. Travelers Getting Pre-Trip Measles Vaccine

Though the disease was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, foreign travel can still bring it home today
The prevalence of elevated cardiovascular risk is low in normotensive

Findings Support More Targeted Approach to Cholesterol Screens

Among normotensive nonsmokers without diabetes, very few at heightened risk of ASCVD
Health care costs can be reduced

Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs

Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
Long-term quinine exposure is associated with increased mortality

Quinine Exposure Linked to All-Cause Mortality

Increased risk of death more pronounced among those younger than 50 years regardless of indication
There is an association between the presence of abnormally high numbers of circulating Th17.1 cells in melanoma patients prior to receiving anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody therapy and the onset of sarcoidosis

Circulating Th17.1 Cells in Melanoma Tied to Sarcoidosis

Elevation in Th17.1 cells prior to administration of PD-1 checkpoint tx, onset of symptomatic sarcoidosis
Fewer U.S. babies are dying from sudden unexpected infant death

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Rates Down in the United States

But significant racial/ethnic disparities in SUID persist