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Comprehensive computed tomography screening in addition to a limited occult-cancer screening offers no benefit over limited screening alone for patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism. The finding was published online June 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2015 Congress

No Clinical Benefit Found for Occult Cancer CT Screening in VTE

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Prevalence of occult cancer low among patients with first unprovoked venous thromboembolism
Forgoing bridging anticoagulation therapy is noninferior to bridging with low-molecular-weight heparin in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing an elective operation or invasive procedure. The finding was published online June 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2015 Congress

Forgoing Bridging Anticoagulation Noninferior in A-Fib

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Findings in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing elective operation, invasive procedure
Glucocorticoids and other 3-ketosteroids may adversely affect patients with mixed estrogen receptor-α-positive/cytokeratin-5 breast cancer

Glucocorticoids, 3-Ketosteroids Adversely Affect Breast Cancer

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Adverse effects for patients with mixed ERα+/cytokeratin-5 breast cancer
Medical identity theft is on the rise

Medical Identity Theft Incidents Increasing

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Increase of 21.7 percent in incidents since last report; theft is costly to consumers
For cancer care workers

One-Day Workshop Ups Stress Recovery for Cancer Care Workers

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Findings show beneficial effects for radiation therapists and oncology nurses
Zinc deficiency is often misdiagnosed based on low plasma zinc concentrations

Risk of Copper Deficiency Linked to Zinc Supplements

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Zinc deficiency frequently misdiagnosed; awareness of copper deficiency lacking
Hundreds of people have been charged after health care fraud sweeps were made across the United States

Hundreds Arrested Nationwide for Medicare/Medicaid Fraud

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Many arrested were alleged to be involved in scams focused on Medicare's drug benefit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Cracks Down on Online Sale of Illegal Medical Products

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International effort takes aim at more than 1,050 websites
In a series of experiments

Caution in Social Media Age: Self-Promotion Can Backfire

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Too much self-promotion can offend others, researchers note
A novel magnetic resonance imaging scoring system can differentiate between osteoporotic vertebral fractures and metastatic vertebral fractures

MRI Scoring System IDs Metastatic Vertebral Fractures

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Novel scoring system has classification accuracy of 96.6 percent in test set