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Sleep Duration, Cycle Linked to Childhood Body Weight
Shorter sleep duration, more fragmented circadian rhythms, increased intradaily variability tied to BMI
Body Fat Linked to Breast Cancer Risk in Normal-BMI Women
High whole-body, trunk fat mass tied to higher risk of ER-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women
ASA: Few Stroke Survivors Have Ideal Cardiovascular Health
Improved BP, cholesterol control from 1988-1994 to 2011-2014 but increases in obesity, diabetes
ASA: Benefits for Endovascular Tx Six to 16 Hours After Stroke
Higher percentage of patients functionally independent at 3 months with endovascular therapy
ASA: Combo of BP, Cholesterol Meds Tied to Reduced Stroke Risk
44 percent drop in stroke for those with intermediate CVD risk receiving candesartan/HCTZ, rosuvastatin
ASA: Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rising in Pregnancy
Proportion of sSAH higher for African-American and Hispanic women, and for those aged 20 to 29 years
ASA: Many Stroke Patients Not Receiving Timely Rehab Services
Non-white patients may have reduced odds of receiving timely outpatient rehabilitation therapy
ASCO: Liquid Biopsy Accurate for Detecting Colorectal Cancer
Novel assay to detect circulating tumor cells has high sensitivity, specificity for precancerous lesions
ASH: New Approach to Gene Tx Restores Immune Cells in X-SCID
Efficient vector marking in bone marrow CD34+ cells, myeloid cells, B cells in newly diagnosed SCID
ASH: High-Dose Gene Transfer Beneficial in Severe Hemophilia A
Factor VIII gene transfer tied to sustained normalization of factor VIII activity levels
