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A study involving more than 5.2 million adults in Sweden finds a link between asthma and type 2 diabetes that persists even after accounting for BMI.

Traumatic experiences in pregnancy, delivery can shape reproductive decisions, authors say

The POLAR genomic signature can help predict the patients with early breast cancer who may benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy and who may not.

Swedish study looks at neglected issue in RA treatment

No link found in nationwide data from Sweden and Denmark and in analysis of STEP trials

Poorer physical function, not poorer bone mineral density (BMD), could be the principal reason for the increased fracture risk in older women with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

In patients with STEMI and multivessel disease, FFR-guided complete nonculprit revascularization did not reduce events vs culprit lesion-only PCI in the FULL-REVASC trial.

Compared with PCI of the culprit lesion, no difference in death, MI, unplanned revascularization

Study findings support conclusions of the European Medicines Agency's recent investigation

Trial suggests axillary dissection can be avoided in some patients with early breast cancer

MS that develops after age 50 tends to progress more rapidly than younger-onset MS and is less apt to respond to disease-modifying therapy, Swedish registry data show.

The surgery reduces the risk for type 2 diabetes among patients with obesity compared with the general population for up to 6 years, but then the risk rises again.

Study underscores urgent need to use preventive measures

Despite previous mixed findings, results of a large Swedish study show an increased risk for CVD with long-term use of medications, especially stimulants, to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

AHSCT shows long-term benefit in Swedish cohort

Enzyme also identified preclinical Lewy body disease

Consider surgery for primary prevention in people with obesity, researchers suggest

Decades after antibiotic treatment, 60% of patients had avoided appendectomy

Cardiothoracic surgery often cuts out this little organ as irrelevant. Big mistake, study says

Without biomarkers, primary care doctors correctly identified Alzheimer's in about 55% of cases