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More than one-third of Americans have prediabetes

CDC: Many Americans May Have Prediabetes and Not Know It

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AMA, CDC launch a campaign to raise awareness about prediabetes
Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines

Name-Brand Medications Driving Spike in U.S. Drug Spending

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Greatest costs for Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Novolog, and Neulasta
Two molecularly distinct sub-phenotypes of acute kidney injury are associated with different clinical outcomes and response to vasopressin therapy

Molecular Subtypes Linked to Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury

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Two molecular sub-phenotypes perform differently in response to vasopressin therapy
By collecting data on suicides by medical students

AMA to Collect Data on Suicide Among Doctors-in-Training

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Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem
Treatment with dapagliflozin is noninferior to placebo for major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes with or at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

AHA: Dapagliflozin Noninferior to Placebo for MACE in T2DM

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Treatment resulted in lower HF hospitalization rate in patients with, without atherosclerosis
When used perioperatively in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Curcumin Lacks Benefit

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None of four biomarkers indicating injury or inflammation were significantly affected by curcumin
Hundreds of thousands more low-income Americans could get health insurance after voters in three Republican-leaning states approved Medicaid expansion in the midterm elections.

Medicaid Expansion Approved in Three Republican-Leaning States

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Voters supported expansion in Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho
There were significant improvements in one-year survival among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis following Medicaid expansion with the Affordable Care Act

Medicaid Expansion Tied to Better Kidney Disease Survival

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Findings among patients with end-stage renal disease initiating dialysis
A majority of internists still report financial ties to industry

Majority of Internists Still Have Financial Ties to Industry

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Most common benefits received were drug samples and food and beverage
Patients with Medicare or Medicaid are more likely than uninsured patients to use an arteriovenous fistula or graft by their fourth dialysis month

Earlier Vascular Access Seen in Insured Dialysis Patients

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Patients with Medicare, Medicaid more likely to use arteriovenous fistula, graft by fourth dialysis month