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Troponin Testing May Be Overused in Geriatric Patients
Findings show high false-positive rate in elderly with nonspecific complaints in the emergency department
Dasatinib Tops Imatinib for Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Four-year cumulative risk of any relapse lower for dasatinib in the context of intensive chemotherapy
Food Insecurity May Increase Risk for Premature Death
Higher all-cause mortality, cause-specific mortality seen in food-insecure versus food-secure adults
Cognitive Behavioral Program Benefits Patients With Diabetes
Peer-delivered program tied to improvements in quality of life, physical activity, pain
Fish Oil Supplement Intake Linked to Better Testicular Function
Findings from cohort of young Danish men show supplement linked to higher semen volume, testicular size
Wearable Device Data May Help Predict Flu-Like Illness Patterns
Fitbit data significantly improved prediction of influenza-like illness in top five states with most users
Further Improvements in Survival Seen After Allogeneic Transplant
2003 to 2017 saw reduction in nonrelapse mortality, relapse of cancer, relapse-related and overall mortality
Human-to-Human Transmission of Chinese Coronavirus Confirmed
Two people in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong caught the virus from family members
Regional Outreach Boosts Female Residency Recruitment
Annual workshops offered to female medical students helped boost their matches for orthopedic surgery residency
Stomach Virus Strikes 170 Yosemite Visitors, Staff
Two cases confirmed as norovirus, and most of the others are consistent with the virus
