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Zinc Alters Gut Microbiota, Cuts Resistance to C. difficile
Excess dietary zinc reduces minimum amount of antibiotics needed to confer susceptibility to CDI
Variation in Medicare Payments for Peri-Op Complications
Large variation across hospitals for patients rescued from peri-op complications after four procedures
Empirical Micafungin Treatment Doesn’t Improve Survival
No increase in invasive fungal infection-free survival for ICU-acquired sepsis, Candida colonization
Conservative Oxygen Treatment Linked to Lower ICU Mortality
Findings among adult ICU patients with expected length of stay of 72 hours or longer
Women’s Better Memory Skills May Delay Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Women tend to hold on to better verbal memory skills as they age compared to men
Dermatologists Receive Considerable Industry Payments
Variation in nature and amount of payments, with top 1 percent of doctors receiving at least $93,622
Exposure to LDL-C-Lowering Genetic Variants Ups T2DM Risk
Meta-analysis shows heterogeneous associations for genes in or near NPC1L1 with type 2 diabetes
Burns, Blast Injuries on the Rise From Exploding E-Cigarettes
Users say they're unaware the lithium batteries are a potential fire hazard
CDC Reviews Measles Outbreak in Amish Community
Nearly all who were infected had not been vaccinated, researchers say
More Evidence of Zika Connection to Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Virus detected in body fluids of Colombians with Guillain-Barré syndrome
