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Patients with asthma may have an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease

Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

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Greater risk of subsequent Parkinson's for patients with asthma with more frequent admissions
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Modest Relation Between HbA1c, Cardiovascular Events

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No statistically significant interaction for difference seen for those with, without vascular disease
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with a survival advantage for three years

Endovascular AAA Repair Improves Survival for Three Years

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After three years, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm linked to higher mortality
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages by children is positively associated with triglyceride concentration

Sugary Beverage Intake Linked to Triglycerides in Children

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Reduction in sugar-sweetened beverage intake over 12 months linked to increase in plasma HDL
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that medical associations have a legal standing to represent their members and members' patients in cases against health insurance companies

Doctors Can Stand Up for Their Patients, Says Appeals Court

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U.S. appeals court rules NY State Psychiatric Assn can bring claim on behalf of members, patients
From 2000 to 2010

Total Knee Replacement Procedures Up From 2000 to 2010

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Considerable increase for men, women aged 45 years and older; higher rates for women in 2000, 2010
Imetelstat

Imetelstat Deemed Active in Myelofibrosis, Thrombocythemia

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Responses for patients with myelofibrosis, essential thrombocythemia
There has been an increase in the number of American men with cancer in one breast who have surgery to remove their cancer-free breast

More Male Breast CA Patients Having Both Breasts Removed

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Trend mirrors the one seen in women, researchers say
An experimental therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia that uses a patient's own T cells (an approach known as CTL019) may cure some patients and prolong survival in others

Long-Term Remissions of CLL in First Personalized Cell Tx Trial

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T cells reprogrammed to contain chimeric antigen receptor targeting CD19 protein on B cells
Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia who received a glitazone along with imatinib remained disease-free for up to nearly five years in a study published online Sept. 2 in Nature.

Addition of Glitazone to Chemo May Help Treat CML

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Combining glitazones with standard treatment improved survival in small study