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When adjuvant endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer is stopped after five years

Breast Cancer Recurrences Steady After Therapy Cessation

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Women with ER-positive BC who stop therapy after 5 years have steady recurrence rate up to 20 years

The American College of Rheumatology, Nov. 3-8

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The 81st Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology The annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology was held...
There is considerable global variation in the average primary care physician consultation length

Short PCP Consultation Length Seen Worldwide

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In 18 countries, primary care physicians spend five minutes or less with their patients
Gynecologists prescribe about twice the amount of opioids than patients use after hysterectomy for benign

Patients Use ~Half of Opioids Prescribed After Hysterectomy

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Pre-op Fibromyalgia Survey score, overall body pain, pre-op opioid use, abdominal sx predict opioid use
The relative risk of a seizure disorder after eclampsia is higher than that of women unaffected by eclampsia but remains extremely low

Eclampsia Tied to Increased Relative Risk of Seizure Disorder

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However, the risk remains extremely low, at 4.58/10,000 person-years
For patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures

Overlapping Surgery Appears Safe in Neurosurgical Procedures

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Overlapping surgery not linked to morbidity, mortality, worsened functional status
For patients with depression and anxiety

Online CBT Program Beneficial for Depression, Anxiety

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But adding internet support group doesn't further improve mental health-related QoL, mood, anxiety
Adipocytes metabolize and inactivate the anthracycline daunorubicin

Adipocytes Metabolize, Inactivate Daunorubicin

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Adipocytes metabolize daunorubicin to daunorubicinol, reducing its anti-leukemia effect
Delayed cord clamping is associated with reduced hospital mortality in preterm infants

Delayed Cord Clamping Linked to Reduced Hospital Mortality

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Compared with early clamping, delay associated with lower mortality in preterm, very preterm infants
Concentrations of cerebrospinal fluid β42-amyloid 42 derived from new immunoassays may show improved agreement with visual flutemetamol F18-labeled positron emission tomography assessment

Benefits for New Immunoassays for Measuring Aβ42 in CSF

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May show improved correlation with mass spectrometry reference measurement procedure