Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Review links PPI use with risk of fundic gland polyps

(HealthDay)—Long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use is associated with increased risk of fundic gland polyps (FGPs), and may be associated with gastric cancer, according to a review published in the December issue of ...

Oncology & Cancer

Metformin may lower lung cancer risk in diabetic nonsmokers

Among nonsmokers who had diabetes, those who took the diabetes drug metformin had a decrease in lung cancer risk, according to a study in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,by ...

Health

Readmission from skilled nursing facility often avoidable

(HealthDay)—A considerable proportion of hospital readmissions from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are considered potentially avoidable, according to a study published online Dec. 16 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics ...

Oncology & Cancer

New hematuria risk index IDs patients at low cancer risk

(HealthDay)—A Hematuria Risk Index could identify cancer risk among patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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