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Alzheimer's Mortality Lowest for Taxi, Ambulance Drivers
(MedPage Today) -- Taxi drivers and ambulance drivers -- two groups of people with jobs that require frequent spatial and navigational processing -- had the lowest proportions of deaths attribute
Read MoreUnitedHealth Strategically Limits Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
(MedPage Today) -- This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
Read MoreNew model enables simpler, cheaper estimate of heart failure risk
A new risk calculator called PREVENT is helping scientists see who is at risk for different types of cardiovascular disease.
Read MoreSkipping Chest-Wall Irradiation After Mastectomy in Intermediate-Risk Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Postmastectomy chest-wall irradiation (CWI) for intermediate-risk breast cancer had no impact on long-term survival, results of a large British study showed.
Read MoreYou Can Tell SpA Patients That TNF Inhibitors May Cut Fracture Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors were at significantly lower risk for hip and spine fractures compared with those r
Read MoreParents Lose Sleep to Kids' Eczema
(MedPage Today) -- Parents of children with eczema are more likely to be short on sleep and to use medication to try to get more of it, a retrospective National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) analysi
Read MoreMajor Congenital Heart Defects in Fetus Linked to Worse Obstetric Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnancies with fetal major congenital heart defects (CHDs) had significantly higher rates of poor obstetric outcomes than those without defects, a decade-long Danish nationwide c
Read MoreTrump Says He'll Preserve Access to Polio Vaccine, Equivocated on Other Shots
(MedPage Today) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged
Read MoreExperts Debate AQUILA Trial Findings in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma
(MedPage Today) -- Treating high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma with single-agent daratumumab (Darzalex) delayed progression to active myeloma, according to findings from the phase III AQUILA trial
Read MoreHow 'General Hospital' Missed a Chance to Promote Living Organ Donation
(MedPage Today) -- In the 60+ years that it's been on the air, the daytime ABC drama "General Hospital" has brought attention to an array of social and medical issues, including HIV/AIDS, bipolar dis
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