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Noncardiovascular comorbidities spike in acute heart failure
PARIS – The biggest jump occurred in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which rose from 27% in 2005 to 35% in 2014.
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Fibrate could offer additional option for primary biliary cholangitis
AMSTERDAM – The treatment was safe and multiple biochemical measurements showed significant improvement.
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Expert review recommendations on post-SVR hepatitis C care
Attention should be paid to fibrosis, cirrhosis, esophagogastric varices, and factors that could contribute to liver injury or hepatic...
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AGA Guideline: Transient elastography in liver fibrosis, most used and most accurate
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be the weak spot for VCTE.
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Underweight and rapid weight loss linked to cause-specific RA mortality
Rapid weight loss appears to have the greatest impact on cardiovascular and cancer mortality in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.
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VIDEO: About 1 in 20 ALS patients in Washington state chose assisted suicide
BOSTON – ALS patients were more likely to take deadly meds postprescription than were cancer patients.
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Schizophrenia patients’ mortality is 14.5 years shorter
SAN DIEGO – A new systematic review and meta-analysis, the first of its kind, suggests that most people with schizophrenia – especially men – do...
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Vitamin D3 supplementation beat placebo in atopic dermatitis trial
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Norfloxacin improves short-term advanced cirrhosis survival
Infections at 6 and 12 months were secondary outcomes of a norfloxacin study and showed fewer infections overall.
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Fibromyalgia may affect one in five with ankylosing spondylitis
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – There are also “extremely large differences” on patient-reported measures between patients meeting criteria for both...
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U.S. yellow fever vaccine stocks could be depleted within months
The CDC reports an upcoming yellow fever vaccine shortage.