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Novel immunotherapy may up survival in melanoma brain mets

September 25, 2018 brain, Immunotherapy, in, may, melanoma, mets, novel, survival, up

(HealthDay)—Checkpoint blockade immunotherapy (CBI) is associated with significant increases in overall survival (OS) in a real-world population of patients undergoing

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Screening using body mass index alone may miss every second preschooler with excess stomach fat

September 25, 2018 alone, body, every, excess, fat?, index, mass, may, Miss, preschooler, screening, second, stomach, Using, with

When assessing whether preschoolers are overweight, health professionals should use other measures such as waist-to-height ratio in addition to the

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The Big Benefit Breast Milk May Have for Premies

September 24, 2018 benefit, Big, breast, for, Have, may, milk, Premies, the

They say, "Breast is best," and in most cases, it is. In fact, the benefits of breast milk are well-documented.

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Height may be risk factor for varicose veins, study finds

September 24, 2018 be, factor, finds, for, height, may, risk, study, varicose, veins

The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop varicose veins, according to a study led by Stanford

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Gender and race may shape how minority women address barriers to breast cancer screening

September 24, 2018 Address, and, barriers, breast, cancer, Gender, How, may, minority, race, screening, shape, to, women

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely

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Young children’s oral bacteria may predict obesity

September 19, 2018 Bacteria, childrens, may, obesity, Oral, Predict, young

Weight gain trajectories in early childhood are related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this

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Air pollution may be linked to heightened dementia risk

September 19, 2018 air, be, Dementia, heightened, Linked, may, Pollution, risk, to

Air pollution may be linked to a heightened risk of developing dementia, finds a London-based observational study, published in the

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First gut bacteria may have lasting effect on ability to fight chronic diseases

September 18, 2018 Ability, Bacteria, chronic, diseases, effect, fight, First, gut, Have, Lasting, may, on, to

New research showing that the first bacteria introduced into the gut have a lasting impact may one day allow science

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Financial incentives for cholesterol control may be cost-effective

September 14, 2018 be, Cholesterol, Control, cost-effective, financial, for, incentives, may

A program that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control low-density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol could be

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Timing may be everything when taking meds

September 12, 2018 be, everything, may, Meds, taking, Timing, when

Using new bioinformatics tools to analyze thousands of human tissue samples, researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center created a