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The rate and frequency of relapse vary for patients with multiple sclerosis

Many Patients Do Not Engage Health Care Provider During MS Relapse

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Only half of patients reported always engaging health care providers
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
Cases of a mysterious polio-like illness continue to mount in the United States

CDC Probe Continues as Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Rise

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252 patients currently under investigation for AFM, an increase of 33 patients since last week
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
Icosapent ethyl is associated with a reduced risk for ischemic events among patients with elevated triglyceride levels despite taking statins

AHA: Icosapent Ethyl Cuts CV Risk From Elevated Triglycerides

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Ischemic events reduced among patients with elevated triglycerides despite taking statins
Repetitive head impact exposure appears to be a predisposing factor for the onset of concussion

Repetitive Hits May Predispose Athletes to Concussion

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Among college football players, number, severity of head impacts may affect risk for concussion
Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography of the brain can be used to develop a deep learning algorithm for early prediction of Alzheimer's disease that has high specificity and sensitivity

18F-FDG PET Algorithm Allows Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s

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Deep learning model achieved 82 percent specificity, 100 percent sensitivity 75.8 months prediagnosis
The antiviral agent fluoxetine is well tolerated but is not effective for patients with proven or presumptive enterovirus D68-associated acute flaccid myelitis

No Efficacy Signal for Fluoxetine in EV-D68 Acute Flaccid Myelitis

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Summative limb strength score decreased from initial examination to last follow-up with fluoxetine
Abstaining from cannabis is associated with improvements in memory and verbal learning in adolescents and young adults

Quitting Cannabis Tied to Improved Memory

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Verbal learning deficits tied to cannabis use may be temporary in teens, young adults
For one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Use of Polyetheretherketone Devices May Up Pseudarthrosis

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Higher rates of pseudarthrosis, revision sx versus allografts in patients with one-level ACDF