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A multi-analyte blood test

Blood Test Found to Detect Eight Common Cancer Types

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Sensitivities of 69 to 98 percent for detecting ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus cancers
Bariatric surgery is associated with lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but a clinically important increased risk for complications compared with medical treatment

Increased Risk of Complications With Bariatric Surgery

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Lower risks of obesity-related comorbidities but increased risk for complications versus medical tx
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

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Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
High adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer

Mediterranean Diet May Lower Risk of Aggressive Prostate CA

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Prudent or Western pattern diets had no association with prostate cancer risk
A case of remission of psoriasis after treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus has been described in a research letter published online Jan. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Psoriasis Remission Described After Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

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Case report: After initiation of ledipasvir-sofosbuvir, HCV RNA decreased, and skin lesions improved
Acute myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure have effects on the brain

Brain Is Susceptible to Acute MI, Chronic Heart Failure

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment lowers acute inflammation in heart, brain
Patients with desmoplastic melanoma have a high level of objective tumor response to treatment with antibodies to block programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or PD-1 ligand

High Response of Desmoplastic Melanomas to PD-1 Blockade

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Higher percentage of PD-L1-positive cells in the tumor parenchyma of desmoplastic melanomas
For febrile infants

Human Rhinovirus Commonly Detected in Febrile Infants

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HRV presence does not alter risk of UTI; 29 to 90 day olds with HRV less likely to have bacterial infection
Brain areas unaffected by auditory deprivation can predict speech outcomes after cochlear implant in children

Speech Outcomes Can Be Predicted After Cochlear Implant

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Regions of brain that were unaffected by auditory deprivation provide most precise prediction results
Liquid biopsy that identifies circulating tumor cells in a blood sample has high accuracy for detecting colorectal cancer

ASCO: Liquid Biopsy Accurate for Detecting Colorectal Cancer

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Novel assay to detect circulating tumor cells has high sensitivity, specificity for precancerous lesions