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Military Service Seems Not to Increase Risk of Depression
Among veterans, female gender, being divorced are risk factors for depression, while high income is protective factor
Prevalence of Disability Up Over Twofold for Current Smokers
Disability prevalence 14.1 percent for current smokers, 6.8 percent for never smokers, and 12.6 percent for former smokers
ASCO: AI Training Improves Accuracy of HER2 Immunohistochemistry Scoring
For HER2 clinical categories, accuracy improved from 66.7 percent without AI to 88.5 percent with AI
ASCO: Encorafenib + Cetuximab + Chemo Lengthens Survival in Metastatic CRC
Significantly longer progression-free and overall survival seen in patients with BRAF V600E mutations
16 Updates, Four New Recommendations Issued for Management of Pediatric VTE
Direct oral anticoagulants suggested over standard of care anticoagulants for pediatric patients with venous thromboembolism
Substantial and Increasing Burden of Skin Cancer Seen in Older Adults
Only incidence and prevalence rates attributable to keratinocyte cancer, DALYs attributable to BCC would increase by 2050
Longer In-Bed Time Linked to Small Vessel Disease Burden in TIA/Mild Stroke
Longer sleep duration linked to presence of cerebral microbleeds; longer in-bed time linked to lower total MoCA score
HPV Genome Sequencing Superior in Detecting Head & Neck Cancer
Whole-genome sequencing-based ctHPVDNA detection has highest sensitivity, specificity for HNSCC
MRI, Mammography Outperform Whole Breast Ultrasound for Dense Breasts
Contrast-enhanced techniques have superior performance compared with whole breast ultrasound
Youth Deaths Attributable to Synthetic Opioids Alone Increasingly Predominant
Since 2020, fatal synthetic opioid-only overdose rates higher than polydrug overdose rates involving synthetic opioids
