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ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Even experienced gastroenterologists may miss neoplastic lesions if they hurry through screening colonoscopies, according to a small study here.

ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Even experienced gastroenterologists may miss neoplastic lesions if they hurry through screening colonoscopies, according to a small study here.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Health care costs are gobbling up more family income than they did a decade ago, according to a report by federal researchers.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Health care costs are gobbling up more family income than they did a decade ago, according to a report by federal researchers.

PHILADELPHIA -- Performance measures for hospitals adopted by Medicare and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations may only be loosely related to patient outcomes.

PHILADELPHIA -- Performance measures for hospitals adopted by Medicare and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations may only be loosely related to patient outcomes.

ORLANDO -- For preventing recurrent DVT, once-weekly idraparinux, an investigational synthetic oligosaccharide, was comparable to the combination of low-molecular-weight heparin and a daily vitamin K antagonist, Dutch researchers reported here.

ORLANDO -- For some patients with acute myeloid leukemia, an unfavorable prognostic marker could mean a better response to allogeneic stem cell transplantation, a German-Austrian research team reported here.

PHILADELPHIA -- For Medicare-age prostate cancer patients, action extends survival better than observation, according to investigators here.

ORLANDO -- For older patients with follicular lymphoma, the addition of Rituxan (rituximab) to standard CHOP chemotherapy boosted overall response rates, prolonged time to treatment failure, and improved overall survival.

ORLANDO -- An investigational oral platelet growth factor increased platelet levels in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) reported investigators here.

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Older children in big families may be at elevated risk of brain and other nervous system tumors, according to a large epidemiologic study.

A 73-year-old woman presents with apainless, nonpruritic rash of recent onseton her right lower ankle. She has nofever, chills, nausea, vomiting, malaise,or other systemic complaints. Her medicalhistory includes fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis,stable angina, and anxiety;there is no history of connective tissuedisease.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Whole-body Swedish massage proved safe and effective in reducing pain and improving function in osteoarthritis of the knee, according to a pilot study.

ORLANDO -- Antibody-directed therapy added to induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) improved disease-free survival without major added toxicity, international researchers reported here.

CAMPOBASSO, Italy -- Moderate drinking has a protective effect on all-cause mortality, not only coronary heart disease, according to a meta-analysis of 34 prospective studies.

ORLANDO -- For chromic myeloid leukemia patients who develop resistance or are refractory to Gleevec (imatinib), nilotinib is waiting in the wings, according to an international evaluation.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Major hormonal contraception methods appear to have little or no effect on HIV susceptibility for women at moderate risk, according to a study of more than 4,000 African women.