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Signal on Telomeres May Point to Cancer Risk Earlier

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At issue is the shifting status of telomeres in the blood
Physicians should use standard billing practices

Strategies Provided for Maximizing Payment

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Intake forms should remind patients of their responsibility for paying bills, collection costs
Infertile men have increased risk of all cancers and some individual cancers

Risk of All Cancers, Specific Cancers Up in Infertile Men

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Risk of testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, all cancers up vs. men who have undergone vasectomy
There is a genetic link for strabismus and schizophrenia

ARVO: Genetic Link ID’d for Strabismus and Schizophrenia

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Almost half of the genes dysregulated in strabismic medial rectus muscle are schizophrenia biomarkers
Gene therapy can rapidly improve eyesight for patients who've lost their vision from Leber congenital amaurosis

Gene Tx Improves Vision in Leber Congenital Amaurosis

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But benefits of treatment begin to fade after one to three years
Issues that will be at the forefront of the National Medical Student Meeting include vaccinations

Five ‘Top Issues’ to Be Discussed at AMA Medical Student Forum

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Issues include vaccination, Medicaid expansion, health care economics, loans, opioid epidemic
Use of statins for a year before a diagnosis of lung cancer is associated with a 12 percent lower risk of cancer-specific mortality

Statins Linked to Improved Survival in Lung Cancer

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But more research needed

April 2015 Briefing – Pathology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for April 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
A considerable number of women reporting extragenital exposures have Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis

STDs Identified in Women With Extragenital Exposures

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Prevalence estimates of 2.4 and 3.7 percent, respectively, for gonorrhea and chlamydia
A Colorado dog last year caused the largest outbreak of pneumonic plague -- also called the Black Death -- in the United States since 1924

CDC: Colorado Dog Key to U.S. Pneumonic Plague Outbreak

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Health officials detail rare, multiple-case infection