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Cancer patients rarely request unnecessary tests or treatments

Cancer Patients Rarely Demand Unnecessary Treatment, Tests

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Doctors' claims that this is fueling increasing health costs unwarranted
Women who use hormone therapy after menopause -- even for just a few years -- may have an increased risk of ovarian cancer

HRT Use, Even Short Term, Tied to Higher Risk of Ovarian CA

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Overall increase is small, though, adding one cancer per 1,000 women treated
Patients struggling with chronic kidney disease who routinely consume meat-rich

Kidney Failure Risk in CKD Up With High-Acid, Meat-Rich Diet

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Switching to regimen higher in fruits, veggies might help stave off organ failure, researchers say
Picky eating is usually a transient behavior in early childhood

Picky Eating Usually Transient Among Preschool Children

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High remittance among picky eaters; group of persistent picky eaters still picky at age 6 years
Electronic documentation produces more complete records of pediatric trauma resuscitations than paper documentation

Electronic Beats Paper Record in Peds Trauma Resuscitations

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Superior records of pediatric trauma resuscitations for electronic versus paper documentation
For older adults at high risk of mobility disability

MetS Prevalent Among Seniors at Risk of Mobility Disability

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No consistent observations between metabolic syndrome and walking speed, self-reported disability
Since the publication of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for mammography in 2009

Mammography Rates Down Since 2009 USPSTF Guidelines

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Decrease among white, Hispanic, and Asian women, but not among black women
Prenatal exposure to tobacco is associated with shorter fetal telomere length

Maternal Smoking Linked to Shorter Fetal Telomere Length

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Tobacco exposure may result in early intrauterine programming
According to the U.S. Surgeon General

Deaths Due to Smoking Underestimated in U.S.

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Each year, 60,000 more smokers die from causes associated with smoking, researchers say
Older adults who survive a stroke may have a higher-than-average risk of developing cancer in the next few years

ASA: Cancer Risk Higher for Older Stroke Survivors

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But cancer only affected about 2 percent of those in two-year follow-up period