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Triage System Gets High Marks for Ovarian Cancer Debulking Surgery

Key factors predicted threefold higher risk of 90-day mortality with primary surgery

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HIPEC Combo Doubles PFS in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Cisplatin/paclitaxel boosts outcomes without increasing complications in registry study

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Ethics Consult: Boozy Athlete's Liver Transplant Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

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Minimizing the Pesky Placebo Response in IBS Trials

Identifying the determinants is key to better trial design

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Overactive Bladder Drug Gains Pediatric Indication

Mirabegron approved to treat kids with neurogenic detrusor overactivity

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FDA Panel Unhappy With Novel OA Pain Drug

Latest setback for troubled osteoarthritis biologic

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VA's Medical Supply Chain Needs Reform, Lawmakers Told

Agency is still using manual spreadsheets to track some supplies

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Model: Give COVID-19 Vaccine to All Patients Before Surgery

Prioritizing surgical patient population could avert more COVID deaths

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Middle-Age Loneliness Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

Relationship varied, depending on whether loneliness persisted

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ENDO 2021 Roundup: Jatenzo Liver Data, Adrenal Insufficiency, and More

Other noteworthy research presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting

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Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands

Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin

What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study?

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway

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Marrow Cell Stimulator to Treat Alzheimer's Disease?

Unusual approach pans out in mid-stage trial

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Pseudoscience Royal Rumble: Doc vs The Rock

Celebs who tout "harmless" quack therapies may still be doing harm

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Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers

Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?"

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Safety Reassurance for Major Class of Diabetes Drugs

Pooled trial data show no link to breast cancer

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They Came for a Caribbean Escape, and Stayed for COVID Shots

St. Croix rides wave of vaccine tourism

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Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va.

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General, Again

This will be Murthy's second time around in the job

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Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients

It's not how much you know, but how much you care

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Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer

Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy

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Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health

Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says

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Choice of Erectile Dysfunction Med May Have Heart Health Implications

Large observational study of PDE-5 inhibitors vs alprostadil

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Serious Infections Still Common in Vasculitis

Cyclophosphamide induction was riskier than rituximab

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Maintenance Semaglutide Keeps Shedding the Pounds

Continued weight loss beyond 1 year while on drug; patients switched to placebo gained it back

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Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements

Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement

Cardiologist Coughs Up $2M for Unnecessary Procedures

Dinesh Shah, MD, allegedly billed for tests that were unnecessary or never done

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Androgen Receptor Inhibitor Active in Endometrial Cancer

SGO: Apatinib for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, pembrolizumab for advanced vulvar cancer

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Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline

Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce

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Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too

Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives

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Stay-at-Home Orders Linked to Weight Gain

Problem may not end with pandemic

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Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Promise in Resistant Ovarian Cancer

Responses in 37% of patients with AVB-500, higher without prior bevacizumab

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'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 麻豆传媒's sources

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Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

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PARP Inhibitor Tops Chemo for Recurrent BRCA Ovarian Cancer

Modest improvement in PFS with rucaparib but worse outcome for reversion mutation

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A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

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Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

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Ethics Consult: Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Baseball Legend?

You make the call

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What to Tell Patients With Rheumatic/Musculoskeletal Diseases About COVID Vaccines

New guidance from the American College of Rheumatology

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