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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
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
Short-term survival of heritable retinoblastoma is high

Retinoblastoma Mortality Up With Eye-Preserving Radiotherapy

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Second malignancies remain major cause of death in retinoblastoma survivors
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 addition to the health impacts of childhood obesity

Health Care Costs ~60 Percent Higher for Obese Preschoolers

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Costs 1.62 times those of children with healthy weight
The diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome is discussed in a case vignette published online July 6 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Case Vignette Addresses Diagnosis, Management of PCOS

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Treatment decisions should be informed by patient priorities -- in this case hirsutism, irregular menses
From 1997 to 2011 there was a 48 percent reduction in emergency department mortality rates

1997 to 2011 Saw Almost 50 Percent Drop in ED Death Rates

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Patients with ER deaths were older, more likely to be male and white, had more severe triage acuity scores
Toys help spread the flu and other viruses because germs can survive on plastic surfaces for 24 hours or more

Toys in Waiting Room May Be Source of Infection

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Germs can survive on plastic surfaces for 24 hours or more
Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy or proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy Independently Tied to Depression

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Severe nonproliferative/proliferative diabetic retinopathy linked to greater depressive symptoms