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Lay health coaches may improve inhaler technique and adherence for low-income patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Health Coaches Improve Inhaler Use in COPD Patients

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Significant improvements in inhaler adherence, technique seen for low-income patients
Certain factors are tied to an increased likelihood of quitting smoking in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Factors ID’d in Quitting Smoking for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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Being new to rheumatology care, treated at rural community health system up likelihood of quitting smoking
The rates of hepatitis C virus testing and treatment initiation are low at federally qualified health centers in the United States

Hep C Testing, Treatment Rates Low at Federally Qualified Health Centers

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Only 15 percent of individuals with identified opioid use disorder were tested for hepatitis C virus
There is evidence for gastrointestinal infection of SARS-CoV-2

Evidence Points to GI Infection by SARS-CoV-2

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Viral host receptor ACE2 stained positive mainly in cytoplasm of gastrointestinal epithelial cells
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Function, Cognition, Psych Well-Being Linked to Postop Death

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Risk for one-year mortality rises with increasing risk factors among older adults undergoing major surgery
President Donald Trump on Friday took a step many political and health care experts have long been urging him to do

President Trump Declares Coronavirus a National Emergency

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Announcement immediately frees up over $50 billion in funds to help control the spread of COVID-19
Patients with psoriasis may have a slightly increased risk for cancer

Psoriasis Linked to Increased Risk for Developing Cancer

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Increased risk particularly seen with keratinocyte cancer and lymphomas
The incidence of breast cancer for women aged 25 to 39 years has been increasing since 1935 and seems not to be related to changes in parity over time

Breast Cancer Incidence Rising for Young Women Since 1935

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Increase began before secular decrease in parity and cannot be attributed to changes in parity over time
Based on modeling

Thousands in U.S. May Already Be Infected With SARS-CoV-2

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Preventive measures to reduce transmissibility of unidentified cases may have cut number of infected
Enoki mushrooms from Korea are the likely cause of a deadly Listeria outbreak in the United States that has sickened 36 people in 17 states

Enoki Mushrooms From Korea Linked to Deadly U.S. Listeria Outbreak

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30 hospitalizations reported; four deaths in California, Hawaii, New Jersey