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American adults with disabilities have lower colorectal cancer screening rates than other adults

Rates of Colorectal CA Screening Lower for Adults With Disabilities

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Transportation issues, lack of awareness, other barriers may be at issue
Patients with melanoma that has spread to the abdomen who get drug therapy and surgery to remove their cancer live twice as long -- 18 months on average -- as those who only get medication

Survival Up With Surgery for Abdominal Melanoma Metastases

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Surgical resection remains important treatment consideration, researchers say
Obese youth with type 2 diabetes have a distinct metabolomic profile

ENDO: Distinct Urine Metabolite Profile in Obese Youth With T2DM

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Three metabolites significantly higher in obese youth with T2DM, one metabolite considerably lower
Some patients with chylomicronemia have autoantibodies to glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored high-density lipoprotein binding protein 1

Autoantibodies to GPIHBP1 Identified in Chylomicronemia

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Autoantibodies identified in six patients with chylomicronemia; three of these had SLE
Implementation of a program denying payment to providers for unnecessary early elective delivery is associated with a reduction in the rate of early elective deliveries

Denying Payment Reduces Rate of Early Elective Deliveries

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Implementation of policy by Texas Medicaid led to reduction in early delivery rates by up to 14 percent
Taking antibiotics for an extended period in early to middle adulthood might increase risk for colorectal adenomas

Long-Term Antibiotic Use May Up Risk of Colorectal Adenomas

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Medications that alter gut bacteria might set stage for polyp development, researchers say
As HIV becomes a lifetime disease instead of a fatal disease

AACR: Cancer Burden Changing for Americans With HIV

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AIDS-linked tumors predicted to decline by 2030
For adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome

ENDO: Rx Intervention Restores Normal Ovulation in PCOS

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Low-dose combo of spironolactone-pioglitazone-metformin linked to 2.5-fold higher ovulation rate
Use of corticosteroids is associated with increased odds of metabolic syndrome and elevated body mass index

ENDO: Corticosteroids Linked to Increased Risk of MetS

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CS users had higher odds of metabolic syndrome, increased body mass index compared with nonusers
In an effort to mitigate the increasing cost of prescription medications

Physicians Finding Ways to Work Around Cost of Rx Medications

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One physician devised a workaround for EpiPens, which uses an autoinjector filled with epinephrine