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Nearly one-third of patients with primary biliary cholangitis who had had an inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid alone achieved a complete biochemical response with the addition of bezafibrate to treatment

Addition of Bezafibrate Beneficial in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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Complete biochemical response in 31 percent of patients unresponsive to ursodeoxycholic acid alone
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60 Sickened So Far in Salmonella-Tainted Melon Outbreak

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31 people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported to date
Data breaches affecting health care systems or their partners need to be addressed quickly

How Do Business Partner Data Breaches Affect Your Practice?

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Business associate agreements should be prioritized; collaborative policies can help patch attacks
The health care costs associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are considerable

High Costs for Diagnosis, Care of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Costs were significantly higher than total annual costs per matched control with similar comorbidities
For prostate cancer survivors

Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects Linked to Distress

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Those with worse emotional distress also report worse urinary, sexual, bowel functions

Digestive Disease Week, June 2-5

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Digestive Disease Week 2018 The Digestive Disease Week annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological...
The prevalence of being uninsured varies by occupational groups

CDC: Prevalence of No Insurance Varies by Occupational Groups

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Significant drop in prevalence of uninsured from 2013 to 2014; variation by occupation in both years
Gut microbiota at ages 3 to 4 months may contribute to the protective effect of breastfeeding against overweight

Microbiota in Breastfed Infants May Help Prevent Overweight

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Elevated risk of overweight for formula-fed infants attenuated with adjustment for gut microbiota
Online physician reviews tend to be skewed positively

Online Consumer Ratings of Physicians Tend to Be Skewed

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Ratings also differ significantly by specialty group
There is considerable variation in office-based physician visit rates by patient age and sex

CDC: Office-Based Physician Visit Rates Vary by Patient Age, Sex

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Visit rates for females exceeded that for males; rates for infants, seniors exceeded that for those age 1-64