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Prevention and Screening
New research shows young women at the highest genetic risk for breast cancer had more effective screenings when they received a dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) exam every six months, rather than an annual mammogram.
In a study published this week, a research team led by Robert Gibbons, PhD, the Blum-Riese Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, describes a new computerized adaptive test that can accurately measure a patient's suicide risk in just two minutes without the need for a clinical interview.
In a study published online Oct. 13, 2016, in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, a research team based at the University of Chicago describes progress in unravelling how factors produced by the intestinal bacteria Oxalobacter formigenes can prevent the development of kidney stones by reducing the amount of stone-forming oxalate in the urine and escorting it through the colon for excretion. This research could lead to novel ways to prevent hyperoxaluria and related kidney stone disease.