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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule in relation to new reforms intended to stabilize individual and small group health insurance markets for 2018.

CMS Rule Set to Stabilize Small Health Insurance Markets

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Rule includes special enrollment period pre-enrollment verification, flexibility in level of cover
Health care spending is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent from 2016 to 2025

Health Care Spending Expected to Grow 5.6% Annually to 2025

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National health expenditures expected to represent 19.9 percent of gross domestic product by 2025
Medical marijuana may carry infectious bacteria and fungi that can pose a life-threatening risk to cancer patients who use it to ease the side effects of chemotherapy

Bacteria, Fungi Found in Some Medicinal Marijuana Samples

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Man undergoing cancer treatment died from fungal infection thought to come from medical marijuana
Men who have sex with men are much less likely to use condoms now than they were two decades ago

Rise in Unsafe Practices Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

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Researchers report increased beliefs that treatments prevent HIV and increased condomless anal sex
A new adult vaccine schedule from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has been published online Feb. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

CDC Issues Updated Immunization Schedule

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CDC panel revises immunization advisory for vaccines in adults
Although progress has been made

CDC: HIV Still Undertreated in U.S. Black Population

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Nearly one in four had progressed to AIDS at time of diagnosis
In a letter to the editor published in the Feb. 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

Patient Infected With HIV Despite Long-Term Adherence to PrEP

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43-year-old man infected with strain of HIV that has become resistant to Truvada

January 2017 Briefing – HIV & AIDS

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for January 2017. This roundup includes...
HIV-infected adults have diabetes mellitus prevalence of 10.3 percent

Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence Higher in HIV-Infected Adults

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Increased prevalence in HIV-infected subgroups, including women, those aged 20 to 44, non-obese
In patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Risk of Diabetes Down With HCV SVR in HIV/HCV Coinfection

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Sustained viral response linked to reduction in risk of diabetes, trend toward reduced risk of renal failure