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Autoimmune connective tissue disease predicted by interferon status, family history
at risk of autoimmune connective tissue disease who progressed to actual disease had elevated interferon scores and a family history of autoimmune rheumatic disease, suggesting the interferon scores could be used to predict disease progression, according to results from a prospective, observational ......(full story)
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Pancreatic surveillance identified resectable cancers
pancreatic surveillance of high-risk patients identified cancers while they were still resectable, and 85% of such patients remained alive 3 years after diagnosis, researchers reported.[[{\"fid\":\"174228\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"An artist\'s rendering of a body, with the pancreas shown in red.\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"iStock/ThinkStock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"An artist\'s rendering of a body, with ......(full story)
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Alcohol use during breastfeeding linked to cognitive harms in children
or higher alcohol consumption while breastfeeding could be associated with poorer cognitive outcomes in children, according to a longitudinal cohort study.[[{\"fid\":\"223885\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Mother breastfeeding her baby.\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"©Maxim Tupikov/iStockphoto.com\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Mother breastfeeding her baby.\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"©Maxim Tupikov/iStockphoto.com\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\"}},\"attributes\":{\"alt\":\"Mother breastfeeding her baby.\",\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-left\",\"data-delta\":\"1\"}}]]In a paper published in Pediatrics, researchers analyzed data from ......(full story)
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Pediatric vitiligo primarily affects those aged 10-17
TAHOE, CALIF. – Among children and adolescents, vitiligo appears to predominately affect nonwhite boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17 years, results from a large cross-sectional analysis demonstrated.[[{\"fid\":\"223889\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. Jessica Haber of the department of dermatology at Northwell Health, New ......(full story)
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SPOTme addresses unmet need for skin cancer screening
half of the individuals diagnosed with melanoma in a free skin cancer screening program otherwise would not have gone to a doctor to have their skin examined, according to an analysis of the American Academy of Dermatology’s national skin cancer screening program, ......(full story)
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