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Sufficient and sustained funding for cancer research should be a global priority

Funding for Cancer Research Needs to Be a Global Priority

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Conference organizers call for worldwide research partnerships
A flexible device that adheres to the skin can analyze sweat and send the results to a smartphone

Soft, Microfluidic ‘Lab on the Skin’ Can Analyze Sweat

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Used with a smartphone app, device collects and analyzes sweat for health monitoring
Patients who've recently undergone surgery -- especially those with cancer or autoimmune diseases -- experience slightly higher risks of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome soon afterward

Link Found Between Surgery and Development of Guillain-Barré

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History of autoimmune disease or malignancy may predispose some patients
The autologous serum skin test can be combined with additional parameters to best identify chronic autoimmune urticaria

ASST Combined With Other Tests Best IDs Autoimmune Urticaria

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ASST combined with all specific parameters has sensitivity of 97 percent, specificity of 86 percent
Birth cohort seems to affect the risk of ischemic stroke

Significant Birth Cohort Effect in Ischemic Stroke Risk

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Age-adjusted rates of stroke lower for those born 1945 to 1954 compared with those born earlier, later
Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein early (day one) or late (day three to five) levels are associated with mortality in patients with acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure

In Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver Failure, FABP1 IDs Mortality

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Serum liver-type fatty acid binding protein can discriminate survivors from non-survivors
Two doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine

Only Two Doses of HPV Vaccine Necessary for Younger Teens

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Global study supports revised regimen for those under 15
The U.S. mortality rate from infectious diseases is about the same now as it was in 1980

Mortality Rate From Infectious Diseases Holding Steady in U.S.

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Although new threats have emerged, number of patients dying from infections has stayed fairly stable
Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 is a predictive marker for patients with digestive system cancers

Oct4 Found to Be a Prognostic Marker for Digestive Cancers

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Elevated Oct4 levels tied to poor overall, disease-free, and recurrence-free survival
Arsenic metabolism seems to be associated with type 1 diabetes in young people

Arsenic Metabolism Linked to Development of Type 1 Diabetes

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Correlations for inorganic arsenic, monomethylated arsenic, dimethylated arsenic with type 1 diabetes