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A new rapid-detection test that diagnoses Ebola within minutes could improve treatment of the virus and help health care workers contain outbreaks

New Rapid Ebola Test Shows Promise in African Clinics

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Researchers say fast detection would dramatically improve containment efforts
For intramuscular hepatitis B virus vaccine nonresponders

Intradermal HBV Vaccine Efficient for Intramuscular Nonresponders

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No reports of adverse events with intradermal recombinant HBsAg-based vaccine
Use of acid suppression medication is associated with increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection in infants and children

Acid Suppression Medications Up C. difficile Risk in Children

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Increased risk for children aged younger than 1 and for those aged 1 to 17 years
Cocaine exposure has a multifactorial impact on HIV infection that extends beyond high-risk behavior

Cocaine May Have Multifactorial Impact on HIV Infection

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May extend beyond high-risk behavior, including increased immune activation, kinetics of HIV
An epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever among several American Indian tribes on two reservations in Arizona has led to more than $13.2 million in societal costs in nine years

CDC: Costly Epidemic of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in AZ

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Findings among several American Indian tribes on two reservations in Arizona
Burkholderia cenocepacia is overrepresented in initial stream urine of men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome

B. cenocepacia Overrepresented in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain

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Species and genus composition differ for men with urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome, controls
Medical identity theft is on the rise

Medical Identity Theft Incidents Increasing

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Increase of 21.7 percent in incidents since last report; theft is costly to consumers
Hundreds of people have been charged after health care fraud sweeps were made across the United States

Hundreds Arrested Nationwide for Medicare/Medicaid Fraud

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Many arrested were alleged to be involved in scams focused on Medicare's drug benefit
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Cracks Down on Online Sale of Illegal Medical Products

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International effort takes aim at more than 1,050 websites
In a series of experiments

Caution in Social Media Age: Self-Promotion Can Backfire

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Too much self-promotion can offend others, researchers note