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The implementation of a registry can reduce the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Registry Can Reduce CRE Carriers, CRE Prevalence

Incident carriers, prevalence of CRE reduced even when only 25 percent of facilities participate
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is associated with significant total body weight loss over five years

DDW: Lasting Weight Loss Seen With Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty

Patients were predicted to achieve their minimum weight at 24 months after ESG
Physicians are aware of patients' difficulty with affording medical care and consider out-of-pocket costs in their decision making

Doctors Aware of Patient Difficulties Affording Medical Care

Three-quarters of doctors surveyed say they consider out-of-pocket costs when making clinical decisions
In children aged younger than 19 years

Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning Have Increased in Teens

Increase from 2011 to 2018 among children aged 10 to 18 years mainly driven by girls
A generic version of the HIV preexposure prophylaxis drug Truvada will be available in the United States by September 2020

Generic Version of Truvada Available in U.S. by Sept. 2020

Activists have been urging Gilead to make the generic drug more widely available
If the incidence rates were the same for black women as for white women

CDC: HIV Racial Disparity Measure Decreased From 2010 to 2016

Most incident HIV infections among black women would not have occurred if rates were same as for whites
In 2018

2018 Saw More Employed Physicians Than Self-Employed

Proportion of physicians working in practices wholly owned by physicians dropped to 54 percent in 2018
Nut intake during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with long-term child neuropsychological development

Nut Intake in First Trimester May Benefit Child Neurodevelopment

Children of mothers with the highest level of nut intake have better scores on cognitive tests
The American Cancer Society has set a goal of a 40 percent reduction in overall cancer mortality by 2035

ACS Sets Goal to Cut Cancer Mortality 40 Percent by 2035

Goal based on decrease in overall cancer death rates at pace seen among college graduates
Men and women with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk for overall cancer and some site-specific cancers

Risk for Cancer Increased in Men, Women With T2DM

Standardized incidence ratio highest for prostate cancer for men, nasopharynx cancer for women