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A new tool designed to help guide preventive care for heart disease

Facebook Launches Preventive Health Tool

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Tool created in partnership with American Cancer Society, American College of Cardiology, AHA, CDC
The June 2018 U.S. Food and Drug Administration label restriction on first-line immunotherapy for advanced bladder cancer was associated with a decrease in immunotherapy use and an increase in chemotherapy use

FDA Labeling Restriction Quickly Reflected in Oncology Practice

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FDA label change linked to decrease in immunotherapy use, increases in chemotherapy use, PD-L1 testing
Women with diabetes have lower rates of breast

Cancer Screening Rates Lower Among Women With Diabetes

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Rates for breast, cervical, colorectal cancer screening lower compared with women without diabetes
A skin cancer prevention program -- "SunSmart" -- can create lasting changes in sun protection behavior and contribute to the decline in melanoma rates

SunSmart Program Ups Sun Protection Behaviors

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Findings based on decades-long study in Australia
For patients with lymphoma

Predictors of Immune Response to Hep B Shot ID’d in Lymphoma

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Dose and frequency of vaccination, sex, Ann Arbor stage, ibrutinib impact immunity effects of vaccine
Receiving medical care from fraud and abuse perpetrators

Outcomes Poor With Medical Care From Fraud, Abuse Perpetrators

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Mortality and emergency hospitalization rates higher in Medicare beneficiaries with FAP exposures
For each month of delay between diagnosis and surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ

Delay of Surgery for DCIS Ups Risk for Invasive Breast Cancer

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Each month delay increases risk for invasive cancer by 1 percent
A model developed through automated machine learning uses ultrasonographic images to classify indeterminate thyroid nodules as having low or high genetic risk

AI Model Based on US Classifies Thyroid Nodules by Genetic Risk

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Model performance had 45 percent sensitivity, 97 percent specificity, 77.4 percent overall accuracy
Restricting blood transfusion guidelines may save both lives and money

CHEST: Blood Transfusion Practices Should Be Revisited

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Study looks at transfusion practices of intensive care providers in a typical tertiary hospital
For women with primary breast cancer

Prediagnosis Exercise May Reduce CV Risk in Breast Cancer

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Incidence of composite cardiovascular events decreased across increasing total MET hours/week