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Taking aspirin regularly over several years may help prevent gastrointestinal cancers

AACR: Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Lower GI Cancer Risk

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Greatest benefit from aspirin required taking it for at least 16 years
The number of U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer could rise by as much as 50 percent within the next 15 years

AACR: Changes Expected in Breast Cancer Rates

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Overall, breast cancer could rise by as much as 50 percent within the next 15 years
Medical students in personal distress may be more likely to have suboptimal attitudes about self-prescribing and personal responsibility for reporting impaired colleagues

Suboptimal Prescribing Attitudes Could Signal Personal Distress

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Med students experiencing depression, alcohol abuse less likely to report impaired colleagues
Researchers have characterized a La Crosse virus isolate from the brain of a child who died of encephalitis-associated complications in eastern Tennessee in 2012.

CDC Details Mosquito-Borne Virus-Linked Death in Tennessee

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Researchers identify lethal strain of La Crosse virus in Tennessee patient
Genes may play a role in cardiac arrest risk among kidney patients who are on dialysis

Higher Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Dialysis May Be Genetic

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But more detailed genetic studies needed in the dialysis population
For clinically atypical pigmented lesions

Review Compares Shave, Punch Biopsy Methods

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No difference in rate of overall positive margins for all lesions; size, morphology impact positivity
Looking up students on Facebook and other social networking sites is associated with ethical concerns

Ethical Implications for Looking Up Applicants on Facebook

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Misinterpretation of content, implicit bias could undermine fair appraisal for applicants
Medicare spending is down in year one of the Pioneer accountable care organization program

Medicare Spending Down in Year One of Pioneer ACO

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Total adjusted per-beneficiary spending down in ACO group versus control group
With respect to seropositivity

Aerosolized Measles Vaccine Inferior to Subcutaneous Vaccine

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Lower rate of seropositivity for children receiving aerosolized versus subcutaneous vaccine
If genetic tests are only done on cancer tissue

Call for Gene Tests in Cancer to Include Normal Tissue

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Current practice of only focusing on tumor samples might adversely affect care