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In a clinical practice guideline published online Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association

New Recs for RBC Transfusion, Optimal RBC Storage Length

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Restrictive red blood cell transfusion threshold of 7 g/dL recommended for most hospitalized adults
Adolescent body mass index predicts diabetes mellitus mortality in midlife

Adolescent BMI Predicts Diabetes Mellitus Mortality

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Overweight and obesity correlated with hazard ratios of 8.0 and 17.2 for diabetes mortality
For overweight or obese individuals

Income Predicts Receipt of Weight-Loss Advice

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Findings in overweight, obese adults in cohort, including low-income, racial/ethnic minority adults
Migrants from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis who undergo screening before entry to low-incidence countries pose a negligible risk of onward transmission but are at increased risk of the infection

Migrants Screened for Active TB Pose Negligible Transmission Risk

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Screening, monitoring, treatment important in continuing downward trend of tuberculosis incidence
The risk of dementia might be doubled for prostate cancer patients who are treated with androgen-deprivation therapy

Androgen Deprivation Therapy May Raise Dementia Risk

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Men on ADT found to have twice the risk of developing dementia within five years of treatment
The first complete genome sequence of a sample of Zika virus derived from semen has been obtained

Complete Genome Sequence of Zika Isolated From Semen

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Many answers to questions about the virus may lie in the viral genome
The racial gap for breast cancer mortality is closing

Downward Trend in U.S. Breast Cancer Mortality Continues

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And the disparity between black and white women is narrowing, CDC says
Some LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stockert 3T heater-cooler devices might have been contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera during manufacturing

CDC: Possible Contamination of Open-Heart Surgery Devices

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Hospitals to check to see which type of heater-coolers are in use
Having a large waistline

High BMI, Large Waist, T2DM Tied to Increased Odds of Liver Cancer

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Study adds support to liver cancer as an obesity-associated cancer
A new active Zika transmission zone was declared Thursday by Florida health officials

New Active Zika Transmission Area in Miami-Dade County

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News comes just weeks after another neighborhood was declared free of virus