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Breast cancer patients who had poor sleep and frequent snoring before their cancer diagnosis appear to have lower survival rates

Sleep Duration Deemed Important in Breast CA Survival

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Poor sleep, snoring before diagnosis tied to poor outcomes
For patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease

ADA: Sitagliptin Shows No Major Adverse CV Effects in T2DM, CVD

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Findings among patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease
Researchers are launching a clinical trial to investigate whether repeated injections of the tuberculosis vaccine bacille Calmette-Guérin (or BCG vaccine) holds promise as a treatment for type 1 diabetes. The researchers announced the start of their phase II trial Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association

ADA: Trial Underway for BCG Vaccine in T1DM

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Researchers will look at effects in people with longstanding disease
New research offers potential clues as to why children of obese mothers are at increased risk for obesity. The study was scheduled to be presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association

ADA: New Research Delves Into Genetic Risk for Obesity

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Cells might be programmed in the womb to accumulate extra fat, researchers suggest
GLP-1 receptor agonists may help reduce cravings and increase satisfaction while eating

ADA: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists May Help Reduce Food Cravings

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GLP-1 receptors appear to change brain's response to food, researchers say
Scanning maternal plasma cell-free DNA as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing may also enable presymptomatic detection of maternal tumors

Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing

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Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
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
Mortality rates among five-year childhood cancer survivors 15 years after diagnosis have been halved since the 1970s -- falling from 12.4 to 6 percent

ASCO: Longevity Improving for Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Fewer die of 'late effects' from radiation, chemotherapy
Statin use may lower mortality in the weeks and months after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Statins Found to Improve Outcomes After CABG

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Patients taking a statin had lower mortality risk in weeks after the surgery, researchers say
The drug elotuzumab reduces the risk of cancer progression and mortality by 30 percent when combined with the standard two-drug therapy for multiple myeloma

ASCO: Elotuzumab Shows Benefit in Multiple Myeloma

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Survival gains when elotuzumab was added to treatment