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Certain patients at high risk of melanoma may benefit from more tailored skin exams

Clinical Features Can Be Used to Tailor Melanoma Screening

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A tailored surveillance program could lead to greater precision in melanoma prevention
For patients undergoing intrauterine device insertion

Naproxen Sodium Doesn’t Reduce Pain With IUD Insertion

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No decrease in pain with intrauterine device insertion, but reduction noted in pain after insertion
In the past decade

Self-Harm Now a Leading Cause of Pregnancy-Related Mortality

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Findings based on records of maternal deaths in Colorado between 2004 and 2012
Only about half of U.S. family doctors follow guidelines on screening patients for prediabetes

Prediabetes Screening Guidelines Not Always Followed by PCPs

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They split 50-50, survey shows, on advice aimed at preventing progression to diabetes
Tailored dose-dense chemotherapy offers little benefit over standard chemotherapy for women with high-risk early breast cancer

Dense-Dose Chemo of Little Benefit in Early Breast Cancer

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No statistically significant improvement found in breast cancer recurrence-free survival
The age at which cancer survivors are diagnosed with their disease may help predict their risk of death from cardiac disease

Age at Cancer Diagnosis Key in Determining Later Cardiac Risk

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The younger the age at diagnosis, the greater the risk, study suggests
Despite three decades of advancements in treating children with cancer

Long-Term Health Not Improved for Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Those treated in 1990s more likely to report pain and poor health as adults, researchers say
In high-risk fetuses

Isolated Chorionic Bump Tied to Fetal Aneuploidy

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Elevated odds for those with isolated chorionic bump and increased first-trimester aneuploidy risk
For infants with very-low-birth weight

Donor Milk Doesn’t Improve Neurodevelopment Outcomes

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Among very-low-birth weight infants, outcomes no different for use of supplemental donor milk, formula
Low vitamin D levels may increase the risk of bladder cancer

Bladder Cancer Risk Correlates With Low Serum Vitamin D

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Researchers find that bladder epithelial cells activate and respond to vitamin D