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Psychosocial factors may be more important than traditional clinical measures in predicting functional disability in the first year after a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis

Psychosocial Factors Predict Functional Disability in RA

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Depression, anxiety, missed work, unemployment are predictors of disability at one year
Legalization of medical marijuana and its associated availability have affected prescribing patterns and spending in Medicare Part D

Medical Marijuana Laws Affect Medicare Part D Spending

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Implementation of medical marijuana laws linked to reductions in Medicare program, enrollee spending
Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome have reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome

Reduced Microbiome Diversity in Myalgic Encephalopathy/CFS

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Increase in species described as pro-inflammatory, decrease in those identified as anti-inflammatory
A blood test based on gene responses may help differentiate between bacterial and viral infections

Blood Test Might Help Diagnose Viral Versus Bacterial Infection

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The screen could one day provide results in an hour, developers say
The majority of cancers linked to human papillomavirus are preventable

CDC: Majority of HPV-Linked Cancers Are Preventable

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Cervical cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers in men, account for most HPV-associated cancers
Detection of circulating tumor DNA after resection of stage II colon cancer may identify patients at increased risk of recurrence

Circulating Tumor DNA May Help Predict Colon CA Recurrence

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Findings in patients after resection of stage II colon cancer
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is appealing to physicians to join the agency as part of its recovery from a 2014 scandal linked to excessive wait times

VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency

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Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
A new study indicates that 8 percent of patients -- or one in 12 -- already diagnosed with one form of cancer will develop a second type of unrelated cancer. The findings were published online  July 5 in Cancer.

Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients

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Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
In patients with lung cancer as the cause of death

Nonsolid Nodules Unlikely to Cause Death in Lung Cancer

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Lung cancers that manifest as nonsolid nodules seem to have indolent course
For men with metastatic prostate cancer

DNA-Repair Gene Mutations ID’d in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Prevalence of 11.8 percent for germline DNA-repair gene mutations presumed to be deleterious