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Computer hemoglobin alerts and reminders of restrictive transfusion policies may minimize RBC transfusions.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Thanks to adaptive immunity, exposure to a seasonal influenza virus may decrease the risk of coming down with a cold.
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Influenza activity has been at or above the national baseline for 5 weeks and at least 1300 influenza-related deaths have occurred.
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Favipiravir and oseltamivir were more effective for severe influenza than oseltamivir alone, a study found.
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Improved understanding of the cellular landscape of both normal breast tissue and breast cancer tissue should lead to new stromal- and immune-based therapies for the treatment of breast cancer.
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Biomarkers of residual disease at surgery identify which triple-negative breast cancer patients already treated with neoadjuvant therapy will do well and which will do poorly over the next 2 years.
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Obese adults who diet to lose weight may be able to protect against bone thinning with resistance exercise, a recent study suggests.
Reuters Health Information

This report describes an uncommon case of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis due to a mixed-strain infection.
Emerging Infectious Diseases

This review focuses on the radiological and pathological features of hepatocellular adenoma and its morphologic subtypes. How can imaging characteristics aid in its diagnosis?
Applied Radiology

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Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
Medscape

Two separate studies reach very different endpoints with addition of immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Researchers are now asking why.
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A new technology that allows the heart to be taken from donors after circulatory death may increase the heart donor pool by as much as 30%.
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Specialists reveal their embarrassing missteps and professional failures in an effort to bolster colleagues and share key takeaways.
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Triple-negative breast cancer is difficult to treat. A new study indicates that a common chemotherapy drug improves overall survival in this tumor type -- big news in cancer treatment.
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Familial haploidentical stem-cell transplant improves outcomes in children and adolescents with high-risk sickle-cell disease, researchers report.
Reuters Health Information

A psychiatrist grapples with the often harsh realities of modern medical education.
Medscape Psychiatry

Test showed the first biologic evidence that living near a facility that emits ethylene oxide increases a person's body burden of the chemical, which has been linked to breast and blood cancers.
WebMD Health News

A new Choosing Wisely list in hematology focused specifically on children recommends five tests or procedures that experts say should be avoided, with some exceptions.
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Scientists hope "repurposing" a cancer drug could lead them to a new class of small molecules that help preserve and regenerate endogenous beta cells, with an ultimately "profound effect" on diabetes.
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