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Negotiations to increase payment from insurance companies can be extremely difficult

Guidance Offered for Negotiating Higher Rates From Payers

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Compiling the information needed to approach insurance companies is time consuming
Obese women taking oral contraceptives may be nearly 30 times more likely to develop cerebral venous thrombosis

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Risk Up in Obese Women on OCPs

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Better counseling of obese women needed, including consideration of non-hormonal contraceptives
A novel triple-handed approach allows for examination of lymph-node basins without eliciting a ticklish response

Triple-Handed Approach Eases Palpation of Ticklish Patients

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Approach successful for ticklish adults undergoing palpation of lymph-node basins
Five key strategies are employed by clinicians to help promote patient behavior change

Five Strategies Employed to Help Promote Behavior Change

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Clinicians whose patients have activation increases report using five key strategies
The CYP3A7*1C allele appears to be associated with mortality and disease progression in specific cancers

CYP3A7*1C Allele Linked to Cancer Mortality, Progression

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Associated with adverse outcomes in breast cancer, lung cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Severe migraines are associated with an increased risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth

AAN: Preeclampsia, LBW Up With Severe Migraine While Pregnant

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Women older than 35 appear most at risk, researchers find
The 21-gene recurrence score (Oncotype DX) seems to accurately identify women with early-stage breast cancer who don't need chemotherapy

Gene Test IDs Breast CA Patients Who May Not Need Chemo

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Analysis can help women who won't benefit from additional treatment to avoid side effects
The drug combination of lapatinib (Tykerb) and trastuzumab (Herceptin) induces tumor regression or disappearance in 25 percent of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive cancers in 11 days

Lapatinib + Trastuzumab May Rapidly Shrink Breast Tumors

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Researchers say combo therapy works well for about one in four women with HER2+ breast cancer
U.S. health officials issued an assessment Thursday of the continued spread of the Zika virus

CDC: Zika Poses Serious Threat to Puerto Rico

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Funds needed to battle the virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects
For women with early-stage breast cancer

Targeted Radiation Shows Promise in Early Breast Cancer

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Limited radiotherapy effective after low-risk tumors are removed, but questions remain