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The U.S. mortality rate from infectious diseases is about the same now as it was in 1980

Mortality Rate From Infectious Diseases Holding Steady in U.S.

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Although new threats have emerged, number of patients dying from infections has stayed fairly stable
Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 is a predictive marker for patients with digestive system cancers

Oct4 Found to Be a Prognostic Marker for Digestive Cancers

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Elevated Oct4 levels tied to poor overall, disease-free, and recurrence-free survival
Arsenic metabolism seems to be associated with type 1 diabetes in young people

Arsenic Metabolism Linked to Development of Type 1 Diabetes

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Correlations for inorganic arsenic, monomethylated arsenic, dimethylated arsenic with type 1 diabetes
Circulating exosomes released under intermittent hypoxia conditions

Intermittent Hypoxia Promotes Lung Tumor Cell Aggressiveness

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IH-induced exosomes from mice significantly promote TC1 malignant properties
For long-term care facility residents

High-Dose Vitamin D Cuts Acute Respiratory Infection in Elderly

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Reduction in ARI but increase in falls, without higher fracture risk, among long-term care residents
Privately insured Americans spent nearly 5 percent more on health care last year than in 2014; this increase was significantly more than that seen in previous years and reflects higher costs for prescription drugs

Rising Rx, ER Prices Pushing U.S. Health Care Spending Up

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Prescription drugs are the fastest growing expense, report shows
Early metabolic differences following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus disappear when weight loss reaches 20 percent

Metabolic Benefit Same With Similar Weight Loss After Surgery

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Findings among obese patients with diabetes undergoing either gastric bypass, banding
An updated index incorporating gene and molecular alterations can predict survival in non-small-cell lung cancer with brain metastases

Updated Index Predicts Survival in NSCLC With Brain Metastases

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Significant prognostic factors include four factors from earlier index, plus EGFR and ALK alterations
Workers at hog production facilities in the United States are developing skin infections from multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Drug-Resistant Infections Tied to Livestock-Associated Staph

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Findings in hog farmers and their households in North Carolina
Dementia rates have dropped dramatically over the last decade or so

Decline in Prevalence of Dementia 2000 to 2012 in the United States

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Rates have dropped over last decade, and better education might be one reason why