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‘Microhospitals’ Can Provide Quicker Access to Care
Microhospitals may offer outpatient surgery, primary care, other services, as well as emergency care
Increased Risk of Diabetes With Nonfunctional Adrenal Tumors
Increased risk of incident composite diabetes compared to those without adrenal tumors
Adalimumab Effective for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Findings from two phase 3 trials show increased clinical response rates compared with placebo
Amish Farm Environment May Protect Children From Asthma
Amish, Hutterite children have profound differences in proportions, phenotypes, functions of immune cells
Metabolic Factors May Contribute to Tx Resistance in Renal Cancer
Genes involved in metabolic and solute transport function linked to treatment failure in PD-L1+ RCC
Nonablative Radiofrequency Tx Ups Skin Elasticity Around Eyes
Treatment improves skin elasticity in cutometrical analysis; improvement noted on photodocumentation
M-CSF Plays Role in Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia
M-CSF promotes survival of lung and liver mononuclear phagocytes in experimental model
Patient-Level Model Predicts In-Hospital Mortality in Acute MI
Parsimonious model predicts mortality, with C-statistic of 0.88 and good calibration
Panel Size of 2,500 Patients Per Doc Not Feasible in Primary Care
Anecdotal panel size incompatible with provision of adequate patient care
C-Peptide Responses Reliable Surrogates of Insulin Secretion
Expected inverse relationships between C-peptide and HbA1c, insulin dose vary over time, with age
