Richard Franki is the associate editor who writes and creates graphs. He started with the company in 1987, when it was known as the International Medical News Group. In his years as a journalist, Richard has worked for Cap Cities/ABC, Disney, Harcourt, Elsevier, Quadrant, Frontline, and Internet Brands. In the 1990s, he was a contributor to the ill-fated Indications column, predecessor of Livin' on the MDedge.
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CDC: More preterm births after fertility treatments
Assisted reproductive technology is linked to higher rates of low-birth-weight and preterm infants. Are multiple births to blame?
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Flu activity levels high in 23 states
Main nationwide influenza activity measure reaches it highest point since the end of 2014.
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Increase in U.S. drug spending slowed in 2016
Increases in per-unit cost and utilization were both down last year, compared with 2015.
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Locum tenens physicians more popular than ever
Primary care leads the way in temporary staffing, but high use of locum tenens behavioral health professionals “underlines the acute shortage of...
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High levels of flu activity reported in 15 states
Fifteen states experienced high levels of flu activity for the week ending Jan. 28 as the 2016-2017 season moved past last season’s peak,...
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New Zika-infected pregnancies down for most of United States
New cases of Zika infection in pregnant women were down again for the 50 states over the 2-week reporting period ending Jan. 24, but U.S....
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Increase brings flu activity back to seasonal high
The level of influenza-like illness activity was highest in five states for the week ending Jan. 21, compared with three states the week before,...
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Substantial long-term increase seen in multiple myeloma survival
The 5-year survival rate for multiple myeloma increased eightfold over an approximately 60-year span starting in the early 1950s, said Ali H....
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AML leads percent gains in 5-year survival among leukemias
For 2008-2013, the 5-year relative survival rate for all leukemia was 60.1%, compared with 10% in 1950-1954.
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Long view shows doubling of survival in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
The 5-year relative survival rate for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the United States went from 33% in 1950-1954 to 71.2% in 2008-2013.
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Hodgkin lymphoma survival has nearly tripled since the 1950s
Five-year relative survival for Hodgkin lymphoma increased 189% over the approximately 60 years from the early 1950s to 2013.
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Flu activity up slightly, but still down from seasonal peak
After rising to a high point for the season in the last week of 2016, influenza activity dropped a bit in the first week of the new year but then...
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Zika virus slowdown continues
Zika activity is slowing as winter progresses, with less than a hundred new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of infection reported...
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CKD death rate highest in Mexico
A global measure of chronic kidney disease dropped by 3.9% from 2005 to 2015, but CKD remains a top-10 burden in 63 countries.
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Smoking-cessation interest and success vary by race, ethnicity
Just over 55% of adult cigarette smokers made an attempt to quit in the past year, and 7.4% said that they recently quit.