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Patients after rhinoplasty are perceived as more attractive

Patients Perceived as More Attractive After Rhinoplasty

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Procedure linked to perception that patients appear more attractive, more successful, healthier
For organ recipients in Norway

In Norway, Risk of SCC After Organ Transplant Has Fallen

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Standardized incidence ratio peaked in patients who underwent transplantation in 1983-1987 period
For coronary heart disease patients with type 2 diabetes

Yoga Plus Aerobics Beneficial in Coronary Heart Disease

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Greater improvement in CHD risk factors for combined intervention versus either alone
The American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging system has been revised

Melanoma Staging Undergoes Evidence-Based Revision

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Key changes include new N category descriptors, more stage III subgroups, new M1D designation
Cryotherapy may be useful for preventing symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Cryotherapy May Prevent Chemo-Induced Neuropathy

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Breast cancer patients on paclitaxel had lower incidence of peripheral neuropathy with cryotherapy
Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for individuals with certain types of large B-cell lymphoma who have not responded to or who have relapsed after at least two other kinds of treatment.

Gene Tx Approved for Certain Types of B-Cell Lymphoma

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First such treatment for certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
In the first year of the Affordable Care Act

Uninsurance Down by One-Third for Cancer Diagnoses in 2014

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Significant decreases in uninsurance seen across all stages and sites assessed in first year of ACA
For patients with acute coronary syndromes

Diabetes Ups Risk of MACE in Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Diabetes, but not pre-diabetes, tied to increased risk of major adverse cardiac events in adjusted model
Since 2004

Number of Nurses With Baccalaureate Degrees Rising

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By 2020, 64 percent of nurses working in a hospital unit are expected to have a BSN RN
Modifiable conditions

Conditions Tied to Clinician Dissatisfaction Are Modifiable

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Improving workplace satisfaction directly tied to reduced clinician burnout