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Greater Use of Tobacco Products Among Youth With Asthma
E-cigarettes most commonly used product among middle-, high-school students with, without asthma
DDW: Psych Disorders Make GERD Hard to Dx by Symptoms Alone
Symptoms are unreliable for establishing presence of reflux in patients with minor psychiatric disorders
Post-Hurricane Deaths in Puerto Rico Underestimated
New estimate puts hurricane-related deaths at 4,645; many attributed to delayed, interrupted health care
Increase in Requirement for Flu Vaccines at Non-VA Hospitals
But few VA hospitals require vaccination for health care professionals, with no change
Mindfulness Program May Help Increase Physical Activity Levels
Meditation/stress reduction may be as effective aerobic training program in increasing activity
ASCO: mFOLFIRINOX Improves Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
And, pre-op chemoradiotherapy linked to longer overall survival than immediate surgery
ASCO: Endocrine Tx Noninferior for HR+, HER2− Breast Cancer
Similar efficacy for endocrine, chemoendocrine tx for women with midrange 21-gene recurrence score
ASCO: Sunitinib Alone Noninferior in Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer
Sunitinib alone noninferior to nephrectomy plus sunitinib with respect to overall survival
Personalized Therapy Promising in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Adaptive transfer of mutant-protein-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes leads to disease regression
Revising Pooled Cohort Equations Improves CVD Risk Prediction
Use of updated equations would relabel about 11.8 million high-risk U.S. adults as lower-risk
