ASCO: MMR Deficiency Predicts Pembrolizumab Response
Findings may help doctors better choose patients to receive pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
Ocular Bacteria Differ for Contact Lens Wearers
Finding may explain why lens wearers are more prone to infection
eGFR, ACR Improve Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
Addition of eGFR, ACR ups discrimination of CV outcomes above traditional risk factors
May 2015 Briefing – Pathology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for May 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs
Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
Greater Benefit for Early Antiretroviral Tx Initiation in HIV
NIH-funded trial results appear likely to impact global treatment guidelines
Population-Based FIT Screening Can Reduce CRC Mortality
Large cohort study shows significant reduction among screened 50- to 69-year-olds in Taiwan
Specific Trans Fatty Acids Linked With Incident Diabetes
Correlations differ by specific trans fatty acid and by method of assessment
Genetic Variants Linked to Educational Attainment
CNVs linked to lower education attainment in geographically distinct unselected populations
Mediterranean Diet Might Lower Endometrial Cancer Risk
Women who followed it most closely saw significant reduction in risk
