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Precision cancer treatment that's guided by genetic clues from the patient's own tumor appears to improve outcomes

ASCO: Phase I Cancer Drug Trials Benefit From Precision Medicine

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Better outcomes for patients whose treatment is selected based on molecular characteristics of tumor
A case of racism by a patient that disrupted the power dynamics between a physician and patient is described in a reflection piece published in the May/June issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.

Racism Can Disrupt Physician-Patient Power Dynamics

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But black female physician notes that she has the power and privilege to leave a given situation
Teens who eat high amounts of saturated fats or low amounts of healthier mono- and polyunsaturated fats tend to have denser breasts 15 years later

Dietary Fat Intake in Adolescence May Affect Breast Density

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Higher amounts of unhealthy fats tied to greater breast density
The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with the Zika virus has just tripled because cases are now being counted in a more comprehensive way

CDC: New Method of Identifying Pregnant Women With Zika Virus

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Registries will track those who show lab evidence of infection, whether or not they ever had symptoms
A lifestyle intervention preceding infertility treatment does not result in higher rates of vaginal birth among obese infertile women

Lifestyle Intervention Before Infertility Treatment No Benefit

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Lifestyle intervention preceding infertility treatment doesn't up vaginal birth rates in obese women
Self-measured waist circumference has a clinically important false-negative rate compared with professionally-measured waist circumference

Self-Measured Waist Circumference Often Falls Short

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Clinically important false-negative rate for self-measured waist circumference
Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Worse Outcomes for GDM With Impaired Insulin Sensitivity

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Women with predominant insulin secretion defects have outcomes similar to women with NGT
In an all-female transcatheter aortic valve replacement registry

Safety of TAVR Examined in All-Female Cohort

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30-day VARC-2 composite end point for 14.0 percent of women undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis
Earlier introduction to potentially allergenic foods may decrease the risk of sensitization

ATS: Feeding Infants Certain Foods Early May Cut Allergy Risk

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Study supports turnaround in thinking about peanuts, eggs, and milk
The widely prescribed drug pregabalin (Lyrica) may slightly increase the risk for birth defects

Pregabalin in Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Birth Defects

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Defects include cardiac defects, structural anomalies in the central nervous system or other organs