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- Coffee and cigarettes may protect against liver disease
- New tech lets cholesterol-tracking smartphone users take lifesaving selfies
- New link found between obesity, early decline in kidney function
- Changing chemo not beneficial for metastatic breast cancer patients with elevated circulating tumor cells
- Antihormone therapy anastrozole may provide new option for breast cancer prevention
- Patients with metastatic breast cancer may not benefit from surgery and radiation after chemotherapy
- Benefit of breast cancer screening more consistent across studies than thought
- Avoiding radiotherapy is an option for some older patients with breast cancer
- Online tool aids clinicians' efforts to treat injured workers
| Coffee and cigarettes may protect against liver disease Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:48 AM PST Coffee and cigarette smoking may protect against the rare liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), study shows.  |
| New tech lets cholesterol-tracking smartphone users take lifesaving selfies Posted: 13 Dec 2013 01:11 PM PST With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life -- it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute.  |
| New link found between obesity, early decline in kidney function Posted: 13 Dec 2013 01:11 PM PST A new study of nearly 3,000 individuals links obesity to the development of kidney disease.  |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:47 AM PST For women with metastatic breast cancer who had elevated amounts of circulating tumor cells in their blood after a first line of chemotherapy, switching immediately to a different chemotherapy did not improve overall survival or time to progression, according to the results of a phase III clinical trial.  |
| Antihormone therapy anastrozole may provide new option for breast cancer prevention Posted: 12 Dec 2013 06:59 AM PST Breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal women at high risk for developing the disease was significantly reduced by the antihormone therapy anastrozole, indicating that the drug may be an effective new option for breast cancer prevention for this group of women, according to initial results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.  |
| Patients with metastatic breast cancer may not benefit from surgery and radiation after chemotherapy Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST After a response to initial chemotherapy, treatment with radiotherapy and surgical removal of the breast tumor and nearby lymph nodes do not provide any additional benefit to patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to results of a clinical trial.  |
| Benefit of breast cancer screening more consistent across studies than thought Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST Re-examination of data from four large studies of the benefits and harms of mammography screening shows that the benefits are more consistent across these studies than previously understood, and that all the studies indicate a substantial reduction in breast cancer mortality with screening.  |
| Avoiding radiotherapy is an option for some older patients with breast cancer Posted: 11 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST Omission of radiotherapy is a reasonable option for women age 65 or older who receive hormone therapy after breast-conserving surgery for hormone receptor-positive, axillary node-negative breast cancer, according to results of the PRIME 2 trial.  |
| Online tool aids clinicians' efforts to treat injured workers Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:19 AM PST A research team has created a tablet- and mobile-ready tool that predicts rehabilitation treatments for injured workers.  |
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