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Comprehensive computed tomography screening in addition to a limited occult-cancer screening offers no benefit over limited screening alone for patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism. The finding was published online June 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2015 Congress

No Clinical Benefit Found for Occult Cancer CT Screening in VTE

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Prevalence of occult cancer low among patients with first unprovoked venous thromboembolism
An antibody fragment

Idarucizumab Deemed Effective for Dabigatran Reversal

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Findings among patients with serious bleeding or who require an urgent procedure
For breast cancer survivors

Yoga, Meditation Aid Menopausal Symptoms After Breast Cancer

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Randomized trial shows beneficial effect for yoga combined with meditation in breast cancer survivors
About 8 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have pulmonary hypertension

About 8 Percent of SLE Patients Have Pulmonary HTN

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Patients have few cardiopulmonary symptoms; serum uric acid can predict presence of PH
Medical identity theft is on the rise

Medical Identity Theft Incidents Increasing

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Increase of 21.7 percent in incidents since last report; theft is costly to consumers
Extreme exercise may trigger sepsis in people who haven't trained properly

Extreme Exercising Without Training May Trigger Sepsis

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Exercise over a prolonged period of time allows endotoxins in the gut to leak into the bloodstream
Burkholderia cenocepacia is overrepresented in initial stream urine of men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome

B. cenocepacia Overrepresented in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain

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Species and genus composition differ for men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome, controls
A clinical decision rule with eight items can classify patients with acute low back pain by their risk for chronic pain

Clinical Decision Rule Can Classify Risk of Chronic Back Pain

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Eight-item rule deemed most parsimonious for classifying risk in patients with acute low back pain
For patients presenting with acute chest pain and low clinical risk evaluated in a chest pain evaluation center

Minimal Yield Seen for Routine Noninvasive Testing for CAD

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Low yield among patients presenting with acute chest pain and low clinical risk
Hypothyroidism is associated with increased risk of diabetes mellitus; however

Subclinical Hypothyroidism Ups DM Risk Only With Statin Use

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No increased risk for patients with hypothyroidism treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy