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Empathetic listening can help physicians navigate difficult situations and forge deeper connections with patients

AMA: Practicing Empathy May Lead to More Joy in Medicine

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Doctors should take advantage of first few minutes of clinical encounter, give full attention to patients
After the Affordable Care Act was implemented in 2014

ACA Tied to Increased Breast Cancer Care Access for Hispanics

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Enrollment in clinical trials also increased
Congenital brain abnormalities are similar for confirmed and presumed Zika infections

Findings to Help Radiologists ID Zika Virus Infection at Imaging

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Similar brain abnormalities seen in confirmed and presumed congenital Zika infections
Gonorrhea samples taken last spring from seven patients in Honolulu showed resistance to azithromycin at dramatically higher levels than typically seen in the United States

CDC: Higher Levels of Resistance Seen in Gonorrhea Treatment

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First cluster of cases to show increased resistance to both azithromycin and ceftriaxone
The effectiveness of tobacco taxation is being undermined by smokers' behavioral changes and tobacco industry promotions

Effectiveness of Tobacco Taxation Is Being Undermined

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Smokers 'downtrade' to cheaper generics, move to less heavily taxed products, buy multipacks
An experimental DNA-based vaccine for Zika virus has proceeded to human safety trials

Animal Study Finds DNA-Based Vaccine Effective Against Zika

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Human safety trials are already under way, researchers add
Stressful events from the day before appear to eradicate any health benefits a person might have gained from choosing a breakfast rich in monounsaturated fats

Stress May Compromise Health Benefits of Eating ‘Good’ Fats

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However, stress does not seem to make the body's response to 'bad' fats even worse
Antimicrobial resistance remains a major public health threat

NIH: More Must Be Done to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

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New government report says multipronged approach is needed
Patients with the FTO gene respond to weight-loss strategies as well as those without the gene

FTO Gene Does Not Inhibit Weight Loss Success

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Lifestyle, environment likely play bigger roles when losing weight, researchers say
Abuse of opioids costs the U.S. economy $78.5 billion a year

Economic Burden of U.S. Opioid Epidemic $78.5 Billion Annually

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Costs includes health care, lost productivity, treatment programs