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• Medicaid patients have higher MELD scores at time of liver transplantation

  FRANCISCO – Despite implementation of the Model for End Stage Liver Disease score to prioritize liver transplantation, patients with Medicaid have significantly higher MELD scores at the time of liver transplantation wait-list registration and at the time of transplantation, results from a ......(full story)

• Fewer hypos with CGM in routine pediatric T1DM care

  – A significant reduction in severe hypoglycemia was seen within the first year of using continuous glucose monitoring in a registry study of more than 3,000 children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.Prior to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use, 3.9% of 3,171 individuals, ......(full story)

• Short-term lung function better predicts mortality risk in SSc

  addition to known risk factors, early reductions in lung function and diffusing capacity increased mortality risk in patients with systemic sclerosis and comorbid interstitial lung disease over 2 years in an analysis of data from the Scleroderma Lung Studies I and II.[[{\"fid\":\"217970\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. ......(full story)

• Dermatitis herpetiformis strongly associated with increased risk of bullous pemphigoid

  diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) increased the risk of a subsequent diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid (BP) by 2100%, according to results from a Finnish retrospective case-control study.In addition, the risk of developing BP after being diagnosed with celiac disease was increased by ......(full story)

• Staying up to date on screening may cut risk of death from CRC

  who died from colorectal cancer were significantly more likely than controls not to have been screened, to have missed screenings, or not to have followed up on an abnormal result, according to the results of a large retrospective case-control study.The findings signify ......(full story)

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