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A proposal to replace private insurance with government-funded health care for all moved forward in California on Wednesday as Democrats on the Senate Health Committee voted to advance the measure.

Single-Payer Health System Bill Moves Forward in California

Not yet clear where money for the single-payer system would come from
Molecular autopsy for electrical disorder and cardiomyopathy genes identifies a modest but realistic yield in sudden arrhythmic death syndrome

Molecular Autopsy IDs Causes of Sudden Arrhythmic Death

Researchers identified clinically actionable rare variants in 13 percent of SADS cases
Deep learning with deep convolutional neural networks can result in accurate detection of tuberculosis on chest radiographs

Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Accurately Detect TB

Ensemble of AlexNet and GoogLeNet was best-performing classifier, with AUC of 0.99
A fatal case of propofol-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis has been described in a case report published online April 10 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.

Fatal Case of Suspected Propofol-Induced Pancreatitis Described

57-year-old woman developed severe abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting after thyroidectomy
The prescription drug abuse epidemic in the United States might be associated with a higher mortality rate than has been reported previously

CDC: Opioid-Related Mortality Rate Might Be Underestimated

Death certificates from drug-linked infections may not label opioids as possible cause
Chromosome instability within lung cancer tumors increases the risk of recurrence or death and may help forecast recurrence long before standard tests

Chromosome Instability Test Prognostic in NSCLC

Chromosome instability associated with higher risk of relapse, death within 2 years
A blood-based genome testing service provides accurate results within 72 hours

Blood-Based Genome Testing Feasible for Rapid Mutation Assay

Mutation results available within 72 hours for 94 percent of non-small-cell lung CA samples evaluated
Exposure of the sinonasal airway barrier to chronic airborne particulate matter has destructive effects

Pollution Linked to Destructive Effect on Upper Sinonasal Airway

Destructive effect of chronic airborne PM in mice includes pro-inflammatory cytokine release
The bacterial cell wall-derived muramyl dipeptide postbiotic lowers adipose inflammation and reduces glucose intolerance in obese mice

Postbiotic Could Lower Glucose, Inflammation in Obesity

MDP postbiotic linked to reduction in hepatic insulin resistance during obesity, low-level endotoxemia

T2DM Risk Cut by Variant in Sulfonylurea Receptor Encoder

Missense variant in ABCC8 gene also linked to reduced risk of coronary heart disease