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Senior CA Patients Also Benefit From Palliative Radiotherapy
Benefit of palliative radiation for bone metastasis across age groups; older age should not preclude tx
Tighter Alcohol Policies Cut Alcohol-Related Crash Deaths
Consumption-oriented policies effective independent of driver-oriented policies
Prediction Tool Helps Tailor Lung Cancer Screening to Patients
Researchers create web-based decision tool to facilitate personalized discussions
Babies of Adolescents in CPS Care More Likely to Be Taken Into Care
Intergenerational cycle of involvement seen for teen mothers and their children
Does Higher Protein Intake Up Heart Failure Risk in Men?
Trend toward increased heart failure risk seen with higher intake of animal, plant, total protein
CDC: Outpatient Rehab Rates Suboptimal for Stroke Survivors
Based on data from four states, in 2015, 35.5 percent of adult stroke survivors used outpatient rehab
Recommendations Developed for Improving Women’s Health Care
Recommendations focus on policies to improve health outcomes, including training for clinicians
Most Premature Infants Receive Early Antibiotics
Variation across centers in early antibiotic exposures, prolonged antibiotic administration
Worse Survival for BRCA Germline Mutation Carriers in Pancreatic CA
For BRCA germline mutation carriers, better survival seen with platinum-based chemotherapy
Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Best in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Hypofractionated radiotherapy beats conventionally fractionated RT in orthotopic ATC model
