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A new imaging technique that fluoresces cancer cells may eventually help surgeons locate and remove all of a cancerous tumor on the first attempt

Injectable Agent Illuminates Cancer During Surgery

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Technology may help surgeons identify and remove more malignant cells
After adjustment for multiple factors

Female Urologists Less Compensated Than Males

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Findings in multivariable analysis after adjustment for relevant factors; no difference in job satisfaction
Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy have a prevalence of truncating variants similar to that seen in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Truncating Variant Prevalence Up in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

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Prevalence of 15 percent, similar to that seen in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Since peaking in 1991

U.S. Cancer Mortality Rates Down 23 Percent Since 1991

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That translates to an additional 1.7 million survivors
Since 1988

Trends in Insulin Use, Glycemic Control Explored

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Proportion of patients currently on any insulin stable from 1988-1994 to 1999-2012
Exposure to oral contraception in early pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of birth defects

Exposure to Oral Contraceptives Not Tied to Birth Defects

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Findings should reassure women and their doctors, researchers say
About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia have clinicohistologic remission with proton pump inhibitor therapy

Review Examines Efficacy of PPI Tx for Esophageal Eosinophilia

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About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia have clinicohistologic remission
The 2006 listing criteria for heart transplantation have been updated and expanded. The new guideline was published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Candidacy Criteria Updated for Heart Transplantation

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Changes to guidelines include consideration of transplantation in patients with HIV, hepatitis
Antibody therapy before stem cell transplant may benefit patients with acute leukemia

Antibody Tx Reduces Graft-vs-Host Post Stem Cell Transplant

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Results for patients with acute leukemia
A trio of papers published in the Jan. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reveal some of what has been learned about the Ebola virus.

Trio of Papers Reveal Lessons Learned From Ebola Epidemic

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Women showed greater survival; an anti-malaria combination Rx worked well