(MedPage Today) -- Treatment of high-grade prostate cancer with brachytherapy significantly reduced prostate cancer-specific mortality compared with external beam radiation alone, results of a large study showed.
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(MedPage Today) -- It's possible to control local inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis by interfering with protein changes in the joints, an international team of researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) -- A new assay looking for 14 genetic signatures may help predict which patients with early-stage lung cancer are more likely to die even after their tumors have been removed, researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) -- Large numbers of Americans who should have screening exams for breast, colon, and cervical cancer are not getting them, government researchers said.
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(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is revising its guidance on the use of a policy called "coverage with evidence development," and the American College of Cardiology has some ideas about how to improve the policy.
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BALTIMORE (MedPage Today) -- The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MedCAC) has voted that there's not enough evidence to provide a clear answer on what is the best treatment -- surgery, stents, or medication -- for Medicare...
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(MedPage Today) -- Men are more likely than women to develop mild cognitive impairment, with and without memory problems, researchers found.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Justice Department filed a consent decree today preventing generic drug giant Ranbaxy from selling products from four of its manufacturing plants until it brings them into compliance with the FDA's quality standards.
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(MedPage Today) -- Patient-collected specimens for human papillomavirus DNA testing detected precancerous cervical lesions with accuracy comparable to that of cytology-based Pap screening and visual inspection, data from screening studies showed.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- President Obama scarcely mentioned healthcare in his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, even as the healthcare reform law he championed is hanging in the balance at the Supreme Court.
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