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Dense Breasts, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Myriad Genetics

Dense breast tissue complicates this as it makes cancers more difficult to detect. Healthcare providers recommend annual breast screening with mammography beginning at age 40 for average risk women. Yet women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly elevated risk for developing breast cancer.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Well break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus B19. Youll also learn how to manage exposures in the emergency department, especially when the child has a pregnant caregiver, and why isolation isnt always necessary once the rash shows up. UpToDate , Jun. link] Edwards, Morven S.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

In 2024, I had another scare. I also did a screening blood test to look for circulating tumor cells, which I will have an article on this soon! Since many DCIS in situ cases never turn into invasive cancers, these methods can create further health complications. 8) Galleri is another blood test screening option.

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HP&M Files Comments Opposing FDA’s Proposed LDT Rule

FDA Law Blog

Tests such as genetic testing of prospective parents, prenatal screening, cancer prognosis, and testing for rare diseases play a critical role in the health care system. For example, in FDA’s “primary” case, laboratories would be expected to spend eight hours a year on management reviews. FDA seems unconcerned by this prospect.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Do you screen for lower urinary tract symptoms, incontinence, and if so, how? But that combination is actually quite common, and it’s quite challenging to diagnose and manage, at least in the traditional sense. Eric 08:05 Yeah. George 19:37 Exactly, exactly.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. Maybe even had come in with a complication. It’s called Danton, and it was just published mid last year, mid 2024. You know, we got to prevent cancer. We got our pink ribbons.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session. But experts say the risks can be lowered through heart screenings, close monitoring and giving magnesium before and during treatment, The Times added in its report.