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For patients with minor psychiatric disorders

DDW: Psych Disorders Make GERD Hard to Dx by Symptoms Alone

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Symptoms are unreliable for establishing presence of reflux in patients with minor psychiatric disorders
The actual number of deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2016 is likely more than 70 times the official government estimate of 64

Post-Hurricane Deaths in Puerto Rico Underestimated

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New estimate puts hurricane-related deaths at 4,645; many attributed to delayed, interrupted health care
At non-Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals

Increase in Requirement for Flu Vaccines at Non-VA Hospitals

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But few VA hospitals require vaccination for health care professionals, with no change
A meditation and stress reduction program may be as effective as structured exercise programs for increasing physical activity

Mindfulness Program May Help Increase Physical Activity Levels

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Meditation/stress reduction may be as effective aerobic training program in increasing activity
The oxaliplatin

ASCO: mFOLFIRINOX Improves Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

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And, pre-op chemoradiotherapy linked to longer overall survival than immediate surgery
For women with hormone-receptor-positive

ASCO: Endocrine Tx Noninferior for HR+, HER2− Breast Cancer

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Similar efficacy for endocrine, chemoendocrine tx for women with midrange 21-gene recurrence score
For patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma classified as having intermediate or poor prognostic risk

ASCO: Sunitinib Alone Noninferior in Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

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Sunitinib alone noninferior to nephrectomy plus sunitinib with respect to overall survival
A highly personalized therapy targeting multiple tumor antigens shows promise for metastatic breast cancer

Personalized Therapy Promising in Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Adaptive transfer of mutant-protein-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes leads to disease regression
Revising the 2013 pooled cohort equations can improve accuracy of cardiovascular disease risk prediction

Revising Pooled Cohort Equations Improves CVD Risk Prediction

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Use of updated equations would relabel about 11.8 million high-risk U.S. adults as lower-risk
No new or unexpected safety issues have been identified in association with diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccines in the United States

No New Adverse Events Reported for DTaP Vaccination

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Most frequently reported adverse events included injection site erythema and swelling, pyrexia