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Further evidence links Zika, Guillain-Barré syndrome
Zika virus found in Colombian patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome supports the theory that Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome are...
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Almost half of health providers will see PQRS pay cut
In 2015, about 1.15 million professionals were eligible and able to participate in PQRS; just over half (54%) successfully submitted data.
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Steroids could reduce death rate for TB patients with acute respiratory failure
Tuberculosis patients admitted to intensive care units with acute respiratory failure had significantly better survival at 90 days after treatment...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to hepatitis B infection
More than half of hepatitis B patients were vitamin D deficient, and deficiency was associated with worse outcomes, in a Vietnamese study.
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Influenza vaccine highly beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes
Seasonal influenza vaccinations can significantly decrease the chances of hospitalizations for stroke, heart attack, and other cardiovascular...
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Direct-acting antivirals: One of several keys to HCV eradication by 2030
Elimination of the public health threat posed by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) might seem impossible to achieve by 2030, but researchers in Italy...
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Targeted HCV patients improve on sofosbuvir/daclatasvir combination
A combination of sofosbuvir/daclatasvir yielded sustained virological responses at 12 weeks after the last treatment in 95% of hepatitis C virus–...
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Healthy donor stool safe, effective for recurrent CDI
For patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), donor stool administered via colonoscopy achieved clinical cure significantly...