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Hospitalized patients with Clostridium difficile infection transmit C. difficile at a much higher rate than that of asymptomatic carriers and community sources

Rate of Transmission of Clostridium difficile Quantified

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Hospitalized patients with CDI transmit C. difficile at rate 15 times higher than asymptomatic carriers
A case before a state supreme court could potentially expose physicians to large fines based on a legal technicality relating to what they should have known

Case Before Supreme Court May Expose Doctors to Large Fines

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Case surrounds whether liability under IFPA can be based on what a practice should have known
For postmenopausal women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Duration of Estrogen Deficiency Linked to Fibrosis Risk in NAFLD

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Findings in postmenopausal women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism and elevated homocysteine levels contribute to the risk of cortical cataract

MTHFR Polymorphism, Higher Homocysteine Up Cataract Risk

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Increased risk for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism, elevated homocysteine
Treatment of acne with antibiotics is associated with a significant decrease in the rate of Staphylococcus aureus carriage

Drop in S. aureus Carriage Rate With Antibiotic Tx of Acne

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Antibiotic treatment of acne does not significantly alter the rates of antibiotic resistance
A case of ceftriaxone-associated renal toxicity in an adult has been documented in a case report published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.

Case Report: Ceftriaxone-Linked Renal Toxicity in Adult Male

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Patient unresponsive to pharmacotherapy; symptoms resolved with double J stent insertions by cystoscopy
During the first two months of this year

CDC: 116 Travel-Associated Zika Cases in U.S. So Far This Year

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Nearly all had a probable link to travel to a Zika-endemic area outside the United States, agency says
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections are frequently associated with health care settings

Many Cases of MERS-CoV Are Health Care-Associated

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Forty-two percent of case-patients identified with MERs-CoV had health care-associated cases
Spending on prescription medications for insured Americans increased about 5 percent in 2015

Spending on Prescription Meds Up About 5 Percent in 2015

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Increase due to increased medication use and higher prices; increase about half that of 2014
Sudden cardiac death accounts for more than 30 percent of cardiovascular deaths after non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

SCD Accounts for >30 Percent of CV Deaths After NSTE ACS

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Patients with recurrent myocardial infarction or rehospitalization have increased risk of SCD