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Patients with stage III colon cancer had lower risk for death if they had a healthy weight, engaged in physical activity, and ate a well-rounded diet with little alcohol and red meat, according to study results scheduled for presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Orthopedic surgeons who treat pediatric patients may perform a distal femoral osteotomy when a congenital lower limb deformity is present or to treat several other conditions.

Individuals passing through hospital spaces “contaminated” with Clostridium difficile within the previous 24 hours were at a significantly increased risk for the infection, according to findings presented at the 2017 Society of Hospital Medicine annual meeting in Las Vegas.

In adults with type 2 diabetes, treatment with a fixed combination of insulin degludec and liraglutide resulted in lower rates of hypoglycemia compared with insulin degludec or insulin glargine U100, regardless of dosing time or the definition of hypoglycemia used, according to post hoc analyses of two studies.

NEW YORK — Boris C. Bastian, MD, PhD, director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory at Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center of University of California, San Francisco, discusses UV–associated molecular alterations that affect melanoma progression at HemOnc Today Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies.

In this issue, Timothy Henry, MD, MSCAI, director of the division of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai, talks with Cardiology Today about his roles in the early practice of interventional cardiology, the development of systems of care for STEMI and other emergency CV conditions and research in cell therapies for treatment of patients with HF or refractory angina.

According to a recent survey conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation, patients with Sjögren’s syndrome reported visiting almost five health care professionals per year.

SAN DIEGO — Compared with women, men had a greater risk for death after an osteoporosis-related fracture, according to a press release and presentation at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

President Donald J. Trump’s policy initiatives focusing on women’s sexual and reproductive health matters, such as abortion, contraception and maternity care, are a concern for medical and public health, according to a commentary published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

Entyvio does not appear associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes in women who are either directly or indirectly exposed, based on early data.