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Clodronate Offered Modest Benefit for Breast Cancer Patients
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: Disease-free survival (DFS) did not differ between women treated with clodronate and those given placebo (hazard ratio, 0.91; P = ....
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Breast Cancer Gene Profile Identifies Early vs. Late Recurrences
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Teen 'Sexting' Estimates Vary Widely
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: The percentage of youth who have, in the past year, appeared in or created sexually explicit sexual images that potentially violate...
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2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: New therapies, genetic assays translate into early detection of recurrence, encouraging outcomes
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes Is Not Your Typical Diabetes
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Supplement Captures Snapshot of Melanoma Epidemiology
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Doubled Fracture Risk in Younger Women
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: Overall, women with RA had a 63% greater risk of fracture than women without RA.
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Mild Lupus Means Healthy Pregnancies for Most Women
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: In all, 81% of the women with low-activity disease had a favorable outcome. Indicated preterm delivery or small for gestational age...
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Cancer Risk From Biologics in RA Shown Negligible
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: During 5 years of follow-up, 91 of the 3,543 participants taking DMARDs (2.6%) and 295 among 11,719 participants taking anti-TNF...
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Osteoarthritis May Drive Up Risk of Falling, Fracture
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: Women with osteoarthritis experienced almost 30% more falls and had a 20% greater risk of fracture than those without OA.Data...
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Prebiopsy Ciprofloxacin Still Best Choice to Prevent Infection
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: Ciprofloxacin-based regimens resulted in 2.4% infective complications, compared with 12.9% for co-amoxiclav/gentamicin regimens,...
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Eyelid Plaque May Signal Severe Atherosclerosis
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Inpatient Suicide Precaution Relies on Clinical Judgment
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Two Outpatient Interventions Help Beat Eating Disorders
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
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Chemoradiotherapy Boosts Survival in Elderly NSCLC Patients
- Author:
- Kerri Wachter
Major Finding: Median overall survival was significantly longer at 22.4 months in patients who received chemotherapy and radiation vs. 16.9 months...