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New York health officials claim lab results showed 'very high levels' of vitamin E acetate in nearly all cannabis-containing vape products used by individuals who developed severe respiratory illness.
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Ordinary medical masks protected outpatient healthcare personnel against lab-confirmed influenza as much as more expensive N95 respirators, a study found.
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In this interview, Lidia Schapira talks with Allison Kurian about cancer genetics in patients with or at risk for breast cancer.
Medscape Oncology

The results of a 'meticulous' study on the prognostic impact of tumor budding in colon cancer gives Dr David Kerr pause and causes him to reflect on digital pathology and artificial intelligence.
Medscape Oncology

Most gynecologic oncologists adhere to surgical guidelines for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, compared with less than half of other obstetrician-gynecologists, researchers report.
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Typical MI symptoms are more common and have greater predictive value in women than men, and guidelines should be updated to reflect this, researchers say.
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Clinical practice is already shifting toward an early-rule-out pathway with a single high-sensitivity troponin test, but this is the first randomized controlled trial to support the strategy.
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Medical and dental schools parted ways around the 1920s; however, specialists are renewing common ground to work together on patient care.
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Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are treated with the anti-PD-1 antibody nivolumab continue to have better survival than those given docetaxel after four years, according to pooled data from four CheckMate trials.
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Higher baseline absolute eosinophil counts (AECs) are associated with an increased risk of oral-immunotherapy-induced gastrointestinal symptoms and eosinophilic responses (OITIGER), researchers from Israel report.
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Guidelines for the management of acute STEMI patients undergoing PCI may need to be revised after a genotype-guided protocol giving clopidogrel to responders reduced bleeding rates, say experts.
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A new study involving the whole of New Zealand suggests that oxygen may be beneficial for patients with saturation levels below 95%.
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This study compared four automated methods of measuring fecal calprotectin, a noninvasive biomarker that can distinguish inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology

What is the role of thromboelastography in the field of orthopedics? Find out what surgeons need to know.
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
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Salt substitution at the population level has the potential to improve blood pressure control and alarming rates of nonadherence to hypertension drug therapy globally, the authors say.
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The safer use of medications and the compelling evidence for catheter ablation have led to a complete overhaul of the ESC guidelines for the management of supraventricular tachycardia, says an expert.
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Life expectancy for US adults infected with HIV has risen dramatically since the early 1980s, but patients are still dying from HIV-related causes rather than age-related conditions.
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For patients with type 2 diabetes and stable coronary artery disease, ticagrelor had no net clinical benefit in the overall trial, but results in patients with a previous PCI were more promising.
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Given the few effective therapies for HFpEF, should a new expensive drug be adopted on the basis of a borderline clinical trial result? John Mandrola, MD, weighs in.
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