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About 11 percent of cancers are diagnosed following an emergency department visit

11 Percent of Cancers Detected Via Emergency Department Visit

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Patients with ED-mediated diagnoses more likely to be unmarried, Hispanic or black, in lowest income quartile
Medical education does not equip students to provide high-quality

Medical Students Not Ready to Provide Nutritional Care

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Findings consistent regardless of country of training, year of medical education
The number of confirmed or suspected severe lung illnesses linked to vaping has risen to 530 cases across 38 states and the Virgin Islands

CDC: Cases of Vaping-Linked Lung Illness Rise to 530 Across 38 States

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FDA currently analyzing more than 150 vaping product samples tied to these cases
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Maker Halts Distribution of Generic Zantac Due to Possible Carcinogen

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Preliminary tests revealed low levels of the nitrosamine impurity NDMA in some ranitidine products
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has revealed a plan to lower the cost of medications for people on Medicare and those with private insurance.

House Speaker Unveils Plan to Lower Drug Costs

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Plan would allow Medicare to negotiate prices for high-cost drugs
Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered via telephone and web is effective for relieving the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

Cognitive Therapy by Phone, Web May Ease Irritable Bowel Symptoms

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Mean IBS Symptom Severity Score reduced for telephone-, web-CBT versus treatment as usual
Even at lower body weights

Rates of Diabetes Higher at Lower BMIs Among Minorities

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At normal body weight, rates for diabetes three times higher in Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Coccidioidomycosis is still a national public health problem

CDC: Valley Fever Cases Increased From 2014 to 2017

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Most cases reported from Arizona and California; in 2017, incidence in Arizona was 101 per 100,000
Linagliptin is noninferior to glimepiride for adults with relatively early type 2 diabetes and elevated cardiovascular risk

Linagliptin Noninferior for CV Risk in Early Type 2 Diabetes

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Linagliptin compared with glimepiride for risk for major cardiovascular events in T2DM with elevated CV risk
Treatment with metformin versus sulfonylureas is associated with a reduced risk for major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes and reduced kidney function

CV Risk Lower With Metformin in T2DM + Reduced Kidney Function

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Risk for major adverse cardiovascular events reduced with metformin compared with a sulfonylurea