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About one in three African American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) would be reclassified to a more severe CKD stage if the race classifier were removed from the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation

Removing Race Classifier Would Impact Care in Blacks With CKD

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About one in three patients would be reclassified to more severe chronic kidney disease stage
In a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics

Guidelines Issued on Managing Infants Exposed to HIV

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Counseling should be provided for parents, caregivers of infants exposed to HIV, including for routine care
Linked color imaging can detect neoplastic lesions in the upper gastrointestinal tract more frequently than white-light imaging

Linked Color Imaging Detects More Neoplastic Upper GI Lesions

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More neoplastic lesions initially diagnosed in the examination group undergoing LCI first
The U.S. emergency sick leave provision in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was a highly effective policy tool to flatten the curve in the short run

Emergency Sick Leave Helped to Flatten the U.S. COVID-19 Curve

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Compared with before sick leave, newly gained sick leave led to 400 fewer confirmed cases per day
Mental health disorders are common in health care workers during and immediately following a pandemic

Pandemic Taking Toll on the Mental Health of Health Care Staff

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Clinically significant posttraumatic stress symptoms seen in estimated 23.4 percent during acute phase
Nicotine electronic cigarettes improve long-term smoking cessation compared with nicotine replacement therapy

Electronic Cigarettes Improve Long-Term Smoking Cessation

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Quit rates higher in people randomly assigned to nicotine e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy
Internal medicine physicians and trainees report high levels of career satisfaction but also high levels of burnout

Career Satisfaction, Burnout Both High Among Internists

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Risk factors for burnout include documentation time pressure and lack of work control
Pfizer will not apply for emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine before the third week in November

No Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Expected Before Election

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Company has reversed its previous claims that it would apply for the approval in October
From May to August 2020

COVID-19-Linked Deaths Mainly in Seniors in May to August 2020

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Percentage of decedents who were Hispanic increased from 16.3 to 26.4 percent in May to August
For older adults

Social Activity Tied to Integrity of Brain Structure in Older Adults

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Greater integrity of gray matter seen on brain MRI in older adults with higher levels of social engagement