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Treatment with lumpectomy and radiotherapy is associated with a reduction in breast cancer mortality versus lumpectomy or mastectomy alone among patients with ductal carcinoma in situ

Lumpectomy + Radiation May Cut Breast Cancer Mortality in DCIS

Lumpectomy, radiotherapy tied to reduction in breast cancer mortality versus lumpectomy, mastectomy
A novel high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T protocol for ruling out myocardial infarction rules out more patients than the existing protocol

Novel hs-cTnT Protocol Better Rules Out Myocardial Infarction

High-sensitivity troponin T rules out AMI in emergency department patients sooner than existing protocol
Many low-income urban preschool-aged children with asthma do not meet the criteria for home medication readiness

Many Children With Asthma Do Not Have Medications Ready

Low-income urban preschoolers with asthma may not meet home medication readiness criteria
A brain stimulation device to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder has received approval for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Permits Marketing of Brain Stimulation Device for OCD

FDA previously approved transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression, certain migraines
A U.S. National Institutes of Health oversight panel will no longer review all applications for gene therapy experiments. Instead

Comments Open on End of NIH Review for Gene Therapy Studies

NIH oversight panel no longer plans to review all applications for gene therapy experiments
A measles outbreak that's so far affected 21 states and the District of Columbia is being investigated by U.S. health officials.

U.S. Measles Outbreak Hits 107 Cases in 21 States, D.C.

Outbreak on track to exceed last year's; most of the people who got measles weren't vaccinated
Systematic screening for anxiety

Psych Screening Beneficial in Pediatric Abdominal Pain

Children with abdominal pain commonly had clinically significant anxiety, moderate disability, pain
Retrospective review of clinician documentation in the electronic health record can help identify diagnostic uncertainty with moderate reliability

EHR Review Can Measure Diagnostic Uncertainty

For more than 70 percent of visits to a primary care clinic, reviewers identified diagnostic uncertainty
The first generic version of the EpiPen has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Approves First Generic EpiPen

Approval will address both rising costs and shortages of epinephrine
Six cases of corneal infections associated with sleeping in contact lenses are described in a case report published in the Aug. 17 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Report Details Corneal Infection Tied to Sleeping in Contacts

Six patients reported sleeping in lenses on regular basis; most had vision loss, permanent damage