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A diagnostic panel of 28 biomarkers confirmed a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis in male combat veterans with 77% accuracy, a phase 2 study revealed.
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Because knowledge bases on gene-drug associations have considerable differences, clinicians should use more than one when seeking comprehensive information.
JCO Precision Oncology

Although the primary outcome of a multinational phase 2 study was negative, researchers said promising secondary findings support the use of mesenchymal stem cells in patients with MS.
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In a new NHANES analysis, nearly half of black women aged 18 to 35 had hypertension, vs fewer than 30% of young white women.
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Results of the ORION-11 study with the new RNA cholesterol-lowering agent inclisiran show sharp drops in LDL with safety consistent with previous studies.
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This report surveyed vaccination coverage among adolescents in the United States, with a special emphasis on HPV vaccine and meningococcal vaccine.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report

Cath-lab clinicians have seen familiar heparin dosing fail to reach target ACT, sometimes with costs. It's all anecdotal, but they wonder if some heparin is 'diluted' and urge such cases be reported.
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The awards honor scientists who made 'monumental' achievements in discovering B and T cells and the first targeted therapy for breast cancer.
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Hypertension accompanied by depression may be an entirely different disorder from hypertension that develops in those without depression, analysis of the gut microbiome suggests.
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Nurses, NPs, and PAs made estimates similar to physicians' in a Medscape poll. Numbers vary by specialty.
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Single-center study found that med students have more than double the rates of stage 2 hypertension as same-age counterparts in the general population.
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Novel first-in-its-class KRAS inhibitor is highly active in locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and has an excellent safety profile in phase 1 trial results to date.
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More rapid testing was safe overall at 30 days but may also require strategies to mitigate procedure-related myocardial injury and infarctions observed in some patients.
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Health officials are now investigating 450 possible cases of severe lung disease related to vaping in 33 states and one jurisdiction.
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Using nonphysician healthcare workers to screen individuals for hypertension in nonmedical settings resulted in a substantial reduction in cardiovascular disease risk in two middle-income countries.
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The policy, which also applies to gene therapy, prohibits ads for treatments that might only be supported by early clinical studies as well as those without any evidence of benefits.
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Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
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Dr Peter Yellowlees describes how healthcare systems fail physicians, and how we can start to make changes.
Medscape Psychiatry

How does whole-blood testing compare with plasma for the diagnosis of acute Zika virus infections?
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Recently, the FDA cleared several Lyme disease serologic assays with new indications for use, allowing for an EIA rather than western immunoblot assay as a confirmatory test.
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report