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Disparities in breast cancer deaths, MRI screening persist

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: January 30, 2023

Black women are more likely to develop more aggressive, premenopausal breast cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer, that are more...

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Does obesity blunt effects of vitamin D supplementation?

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: January 18, 2023

‘There seems to be something different happening with vitamin D metabolism at higher body weights,’ said the author of a new paper.

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New consensus on thyroid eye disease prompts some debate

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: January 9, 2023

The joint statement from the American Thyroid Association and European Thyroid Association offers appraisal of recent thyroid eye disease...

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Adverse events linked to better survival with ICIs in melanoma

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: December 30, 2022

“We feel these findings will help clinicians in discussions with patients and in clinical decision-making after adverse events develop,” one of...

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Depression: Think outside of the box for diagnosis, treatment

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: December 23, 2022

Patients typically don’t fit into “convenient (DSM-5) buckets.” Consider likely comorbidities, possible bipolar disorder.

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Guideline stresses new strategies for hypoglycemia management

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: December 9, 2022

The latest guideline from The Endocrine Society updates recommendations to reflect new treatment options for hypoglycemia prevention and treatment...

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‘Game changer’: Thyroid cancer recurrence no higher with lobectomy

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: December 6, 2022

Patients with intermediate-risk papillary thyroid cancer who undergo lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy as the surgical approach show no...

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Higher potency of fentanyl affects addiction treatment, screening

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: December 1, 2022

In many if not most cases, patients become addicted to fentanyl unknowingly, said Dr. Edwin Salsitz.

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Telepsychiatry tips: Etiquette and ethics

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: November 11, 2022

“Telepsychiatry is here to stay because the patients and their families like it, and they will be the driving factors,” said Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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Clozapine underutilized in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: November 8, 2022

The drug remains the only antipsychotic approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, yet with side effects and blood testing concerns,...

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Thyroid nodule volume reduction correlates with energy in ablation

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: November 3, 2022

Higher increases in radiofrequency energy strongly improve odds of achieving a greater than 50% reduction in nodule size.

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Thyroid dysfunction may linger a year after severe COVID-19

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: October 31, 2022

The implications of the atypical thyroiditis areas, which tend to be asymptomatic, are unclear.

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Safe to expand limits of active surveillance in thyroid cancer?

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Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: October 27, 2022

Raising the limits for tumor size and growth showed no increase in adverse outcomes or mortality.

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Children with low-risk thyroid cancer can skip radioactive iodine

Author:
Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: October 27, 2022

Withholding RAI therapy is clinically beneficial as it reduces exposure to radiation while having no negative effect on remission.

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Stopping levothyroxine in subclinical hypothyroidism safe, feasible

Author:
Nancy A. Melville
Publish date: October 25, 2022

Despite apparent lack of benefits, many still receive levothyroxine for subclinical hypothyroidism.

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