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An analysis of more than 1 million persons in Alberta, Canada, showed that laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) beginning in 2004 resulted in more referrals to nephrologists, but no apparent improvement in outcomes.
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Rotating shifts have been associated with some serious health effects, including cancer, excessive fatigue, depression, and obesity. A recent study links another disorder to the disruption of changing schedules: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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By taking a holistic approach to disability management, Aetna's Integrated Health and Disability program is getting employees on disability back to work quicker and healthier.
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Learn to be more specific in your sexual health history taking. Results of a new study from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington indicate that no uniform consensus exists when the term "had sex" is used.
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To assess the efficacy and toxicity of combination pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) and carboplatin against industry-standard paclitaxel and carboplatin, patients with histologically proven ovarian cancer with recurrence more than 6 months after first- or second-line platinum- and taxane-based therapies were randomly assigned by stratified blocks to CD (carboplatin area under the curve [AUC] 5 plus PLD 30 mg/m2) every 4 weeks or CP (carboplatin AUC 5 plus paclitaxel 175 mg/m2) every 3 weeks for at least 6 cycles.
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women. To investigate the potential role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in lung cancer development, the authors evaluated a prospective cohort of 36,588 peri- and postmenopausal women aged 50-76 years from Washington State recruited in 2000-2002 as part of the Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study.
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This spring a consensus opinion appears in the journal Diabetes Care, which represented a summary of deliberations of the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG), a collaboration of 225 experts in the field from 40 countries, who gathered in Pasadena, CA, in June 2008. Since the current screening protocol for gestational diabetes (GDM) is about 40 years old, the group's goal was to make recommendations based on the best up-to-date information.