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  Discussing Cervical Cancer Screening Options: Outcomes to Guide Conversations Between Patients and Providers. 

  Holt, Hunter K; Kulasingam, Shalini; Sanstead, Erinn C; Alarid-Escudero, Fernando; Smith-McCune, Karen; Gregorich, Steven E; Silverberg, Michael J; ... (10 authors) (MDM policy & practice, 2020-07)

  Purpose. In 2018, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) endorsed three strategies for cervical cancer screening in women ages 30 to 65: cytology every 3 years, testing for high-risk types of human papillomavirus ...
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  Adding Physical Impairment to Risk Stratification Improved Outcome Prediction in Low Back Pain. 

  Beneciuk, Jason M; George, Steven Z (Physical therapy, 2020-09-24)

  OBJECTIVE:Identifying subgroups of low back pain (LBP) has the potential to improve prediction of clinical outcomes. Risk stratification is one such strategy that identifies similar characteristics indicative of a common ...
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  Randomized Trials Versus Common Sense and Clinical Observation: JACC Review Topic of the Week. 

  Fanaroff, Alexander C; Califf, Robert M; Harrington, Robert A; Granger, Christopher B; McMurray, John JV; Patel, Manesh R; Bhatt, Deepak L; ... (12 authors) (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2020-08)

  Concerns about the external validity of traditional randomized clinical trials (RCTs), together with the widespread availability of real-world data and advanced data analytic tools, have led to claims that common sense and ...
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  Extreme diving in mammals: first estimates of behavioural aerobic dive limits in Cuvier's beaked whales. 

  Quick, Nicola J; Cioffi, William R; Shearer, Jeanne M; Fahlman, Andreas; Read, Andrew J (J Exp Biol, 2020-09-23)

  We analysed 3680 dives from 23 satellite-linked tags deployed on Cuvier's beaked whales to assess the relationship between long duration dives and inter-deep dive intervals and to estimate aerobic dive limit (ADL). The median ...
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  Genetic variants of BIRC3 and NRG1 in the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway are associated with non-small cell lung cancer survival. 

  Tang, Dongfang; Liu, Hongliang; Zhao, Yuchen; Qian, Danwen; Luo, Sheng; Patz, Edward F; Su, Li; ... (11 authors) (American journal of cancer research, 2020-01)

  The nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) is one of the most characterized inflammasomes, and its genetic variation and functional dysregulation are involved in pathogenesis of several cancers. To systematically evaluate the ...

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