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Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 DNA in oral rinses is common at diagnosis of HPV-related oropharyngeal carcinoma

HPV16 DNA in Oral Rinses at Oropharyngeal Cancer Diagnosis

But rarely seen after treatment; correlations for persistent HPV16 DNA with worse survival
Vertebral osteomyelitis should be considered in cases of back or neck pain unresponsive to conservative measures and elevated inflammatory markers with or without fever

Recalcitrant Back Pain Could Be Vertebral Osteomyelitis

New guidelines from ISDA alert doctors to this possibility
The recently developed RAPID score

RAPID Score Validated for Prognosis of Pleural Infections

Recently developed score is valid for identifying mortality risk through five years in diverse cohort
For Japanese patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention

Atorvastatin/Ezetimibe Beats Atorvastatin After PCI

Combination therapy linked to greater coronary plaque regression in Japanese patients
Millions more Americans have affordable health insurance

Patients Report Improved Care Access, Better Health With ACA

Gains seen in how many adults have insurance and a doctor, and say they are in better health
About one-third of survivors of sepsis or septic shock are readmitted within 30 days

One-Third of Septic Shock Survivors Readmitted

Readmitted patients have higher chronic illness burden, prevalence of health care-linked sepsis
Local degranulation of mast cells is associated with acute ocular inflammation

Mast Cell Degranulation Linked to Ocular Pathology

Provokes acute ocular inflammation, dilation, permeability of choroidal vessels
Researchers have developed a genetic test to quickly detect enterovirus D68. The researchers published details of the test's techniques online recently in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

New Gene Test Speeds Diagnosis of Enterovirus D68

Virus sickened more than 1,000 U.S. children last year, 14 deaths reported
About 10 percent of cases where a drug does serious harm are not reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within the required 15-day period

Delays Noted in the Reporting of Serious Patient Harms to FDA

Analysis found roughly 10 percent of cases were filed after 15-day deadline passed
More than a third of colorectal cancers diagnosed in younger patients are caused by inherited gene mutations

35% of Colorectal Cancers in Patients Age ≤35 Are Genetic

Study authors recommend that people diagnosed before age 35 get tested