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ASCO: High-Risk Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Up Since New PSA Recs
Researchers report 3 percent annual rise in intermediate- and high-risk cases
CROI: Support for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in HIV Prevention
Research suggests tenofovir/emtricitabine doesn't need to be taken daily, but more study still needed
ASCO: Survival Down in Some Cases of Active Surveillance
Lower survival for intermediate-risk disease, compared to low-risk cases
AAAAI: Doctor’s Advice Impacts Flu Vaccination Rates
Recommendation, and patient race, play part in decision to get flu vaccine
ASCO: Testicular Cancer May Raise Risk of Prostate Cancer
But it's too soon to make any recommendations, and overall risk is low, researcher says
AAN: Aspirin Resistance Predicts More Severe Stroke
What causes aspirin resistance isn't known
AAAAI: Exposure Therapy May Reduce Toddler Peanut Allergy
When given to toddlers, therapy helped them shed sensitivity, researchers report
AAAAI: Skin Patch Shows Promise for Peanut Allergy
Wearable device appears to 'educate' cells not to react to the food allergen, researchers say
AAN: Low Levels of Key Nutrients and MS Linked in Women
But researchers aren't sure whether differences are a cause of MS or a result of it
ASA: Ultrasound of Optic Nerve Could Aid Stroke Prognosis
Thickness of optic nerve's sheath seemed tied to odds for patient death during the study period
