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The incidence of transfusion-transmitted malaria can be reduced with use of a whole blood pathogen-reduction system

Pathogen Reduction System Prevents Malaria Via Transfusion

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Plasmodium inactivation in whole blood reduces incidence of transfusion-transmitted malaria
Electronic health records may be impairing the physician-patient relationship

A Doctor’s View: EHRs Impair Physician-Patient Relationship

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Physician discusses impact of EHR on the physician-patient relationship
For patients undergoing kidney transplantation

Antimicrobial Treatment No Benefit After Kidney Transplant

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Systematic antimicrobial tx of asymptomatic bacteriuria beyond 2 months post-transplant no help
Preoperative stenting and longer operative time are associated with a greater likelihood of serious genitourinary infection after ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy

Pre-Op Stenting, Longer Surgery Tied to Genitourinary Infection

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Findings among patients undergoing ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy
Doctors can be involved in developing new payment models for their practices

Physicians Can Get Involved in Developing Payment Models

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New payment models relating to bone metastases, breast cancer developed by ASTRO
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CDC, OSHA Issue Guidance on Occupational Exposure to Zika

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One advisory: Don't make travel to endemic areas mandatory for employees
Every city has its own character

Cities Found to Have Distinct Microbial Communities

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Flagstaff offices had richer microbial communities than those in San Diego or Toronto
A cluster of rare bloodstream infections was discovered by Illinois health officials while investigating an outbreak in Wisconsin.

Ten Cases of Rare Bloodstream Infection Reported in Illinois

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Cases of infection from the bacterium Elizabethkingia included six deaths
Donor Epstein-Barr virus serostatus influences incidence of graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute leukemia undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

Donor Epstein-Barr Serostatus Influences GVHD After Allo-HSCT

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Higher risk of acute and chronic GVHD for patients receiving grafts from seropositive donors
The first case of Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosed in a person with HIV suggests progressive dementia in older HIV+ individuals may be due to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

Novel Case of Alzheimer’s Reported in HIV+ Patient

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Amyloid PET imaging may help distinguish AD from HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder