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Post-Ebola mortality five times higher than general population
of the 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa had lingering health effects of the disease. These patients had a much greater mortality in the first year after discharge, compared with the general population. Among those survivors who died, the majority appear to ......(full story)
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USPSTF recommends preventive breast cancer medications only for women at risk
to help prevent breast cancer is not recommended for women without increased risk, but could benefit women at increased risk for the disease, according to an update from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.[[{\"fid\":\"250934\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. Cecil Fox/National Cancer Institute\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"2\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"\"}},\"attributes\":{\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-right\",\"data-delta\":\"2\"}}]][[{\"fid\":\"250934\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. Cecil Fox/National Cancer ......(full story)
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new study has reaffirmed that, as methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) remains the most common skin infection in pediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) patients, first‐generation cephalosporins remain the appropriate empiric therapy.“Clindamycin, tetracyclines, or TMP‐SMX can be considered in patients suspected to have, or with ......(full story)
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Endoscopic therapy decreases recurrence of intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia in patients with Barrett’s esophagus
study of patients with Barrett’s esophagus found that, although intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia in the cardia were common before treatment, they were more frequently present at higher levels and successful endoscopic eradication therapy lessened the risk.[[{\"fid\":\"200215\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"©Nephron/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0/No changes\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":false,\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"©Nephron/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA ......(full story)
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Decision making regarding vaccines varies among accepters, deniers, partial accepters
who accepted, denied, or partially accepted participation in the Dutch National Immunization Program reached their decisions through different methods, according to Kim A.G.J. Romijnders of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, and associates.[[{\"fid\":\"246557\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"A close-up of ......(full story)
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