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The majority of adults presenting to the emergency department with low-risk pulmonary embolism are eligible for outpatient treatment

Most ER Patients With Low-Risk PE Eligible for Outpatient Tx

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Increased frequency of 30-day adverse events for patients with contraindications to outpatient tx
The Affordable Care Act may have helped boost rates of colorectal cancer screening among lower income Americans

Rise in CRC Screening Rates After ACA Implementation

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Increase in colonoscopy, other tests typically seen among poorer, less educated Americans

American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29 – June 2

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The 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was...
For patients with prostate cancer treated with androgen deprivation therapy there are increases in components of metabolic syndrome and in the prevalence of full metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome Up With ADT in Prostate Cancer

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Increases in components of metabolic syndrome, and in prevalence of full metabolic syndrome
Incorporation of a genetic risk score can improve the accuracy of colorectal cancer risk determination

Model Including CRC Risk Alleles Ups Risk Discrimination

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Model more accurately determines risk of colorectal cancer; defines recommended screening age
Nine states have enacted the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact law

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed

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Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
Adding to the debate about the benefits of mammography screening before age 50

Limited Evidence for Screening Mammography for Women in 40s

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But conclusion wasn't unanimous, one expert says
Patients with stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer could live longer by undergoing surgical resection

Surgery Deemed Fitting for Some Stage IIIB NSCLC Patients

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Longer overall survival in patients undergoing surgical resection, compared to chemo-radiation only
Melanoma incidence has increased by 253 percent among U.S. children and young adults since the 1970s

ASCO: Melanoma Rates on the Rise for U.S. Youth

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Women account for two-thirds of cases, likely due to unsafe tanning
The prices hospitals charge patients for a number of common procedures rose more than 10 percent between 2011 and 2013

CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up

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And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners