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Breast cancer mortality rates are decreasing in the United States and many other countries

SABCS: Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Globally Diverse

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Many countries seeing declines, but some Latin American nations, South Korea seeing increases
Effectiveness of statin use in Alzheimer's prevention may depend on the specific statin

Effect of Statins on Alzheimer’s May Depend on Gender, Race

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Type of statin used also makes a difference; no benefit seen for black men
For midlife ovariectomized Long Evans rats

Duration of Estrogen Rx May Be Important Factor in Renal Health

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Long-term estradiol treatment induced renal and cardiac hypertrophy, reduced glomerular filtration
Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome have high prevalence of anti-thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody

Prevalence of Anti-TSH Receptor Antibody High in Fibromyalgia

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Prevalence of TRAb positivity was high compared with control populations in previous studies
Use of fecal microbiota transplantation is cost-effective for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Cost-Effective for Preventing CDI

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Use of nasoduodenal or colorectal FMT would improve quality of life, cut costs versus vancomycin
Blood products don't seem to suffer damage when transported by drones

Drones Deemed Safe for Blood Transportation

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Finding means they could be used to supply accident sites, natural disasters, rural areas
Screening for Babesia microti antibodies and DNA in blood-donation samples is associated with a reduction in the risk of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis

Screening Cuts Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis Risk

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Blood-donation screening for antibodies and DNA linked to decrease in risk of babesiosis transmission
Administration of cytotoxic T-cells targeting mutant KRAS G12D can induce tumor regression in metastatic colorectal cancer

Cytotoxic T-Cells Can Induce Metastatic CRC Regression

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Regression of tumors reported after administration of cytotoxic T-cells targeting mutant KRAS G12D
There was an increase in the age-adjusted death rate from 2014 to 2015

Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate Up From 2014 to 2015 in U.S.

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Decrease of 0.1 year in life expectancy from 2014 to 2015 in U.S. population
An artificially intelligent computer system

SABCS: Artificial Intelligence May Aid Doctors in Breast Cancer Care

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'Watson Oncology' agreed with doctors 90 percent of the time in many cases, researchers find