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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has permitted marketing of the first mobile app to help treat substance use disorders

FDA Permits Marketing of App to Help Treat Substance Abuse

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But app is not recommended for opioid dependence
An automated molecular assay can detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis with resistance to drugs directly from sputum specimens

Assay Can ID M. tuberculosis Resistance Mutations

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Assay detects mutations associated with resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Exenatide Doesn’t Up Cardiovascular Risk in T2DM

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Exenatide found to be non-inferior to placebo with respect to safety for patients with type 2 diabetes
Sotagliflozin is associated with improved glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes receiving insulin

Sotagliflozin Linked to Improved Glycemic Control in T1DM

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Primary end point achieved by more patients with type 1 diabetes receiving any insulin therapy
For women with diabetes

Caffeine Tied to Lower Mortality in Women With Diabetes

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Women who consumed caffeine from coffee had reduced risk of all-cause, cardiovascular deaths
Mutational signatures could more accurately identify mismatch repair-deficiency than sequencing of MMR genes

Mutational Signatures Can More Accurately ID MMR Deficiency

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Mutational signatures better report mismatch repair deficiency than sequencing of MMR genes
Twenty-seven viruses can be found in human semen

Twenty-Seven Viruses Can Be Found in Human Semen

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Many viruses cause chronic or latent infection, and some cause acute infection, such as Zika and Ebola
For many patients with type 2 diabetes

Greater Awareness Needed for Potential of T2DM Remission

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Two test results below the diagnostic threshold, two months apart, can confirm remission
Reduced neuro-retinal rim area (RA) is associated with narrow central retinal venular equivalent (CRVE) and higher intraocular pressure (IOP)

Study IDs Determinants of the Neuro-Retinal Rim Area

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Concurrent role for pressure, vascular factors in glaucomatous nerve damage
Patients with fibrous dysplasia are at increased risk for breast cancer

Fibrous Dysplasia Associated With Increased Breast Cancer Risk

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Breast cancer risk is more than three times as high in FD patients as in the general population