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Patients with incident chronic kidney disease in the setting of intensive systolic blood pressure treatment have decreases rather than increases in kidney damage biomarkers

Intensive SBP Tx Cuts Kidney Damage Biomarkers in Incident CKD

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Incident CKD accompanied by decreases in kidney damage biomarkers in setting of intensive treatment
Atrial fibrillation patients with cancer are less likely to see a cardiologist and fill prescriptions for anticoagulants

A-Fib Patients With Cancer Less Likely to See Cardiologist

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Those who do see a cardiologist are more likely to fill anticoagulant Rx; have reduced risk for stroke
A plan to allow small businesses to use tax-free accounts to provide health coverage for employees was announced today by the Trump administration.

White House Unveils New Insurance Option for Small Firms

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Plan expands health reimbursement arrangements so workers can buy individual health coverage
For patients with active radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and prior inadequate response or intolerance to one or two tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

ACR: Ixekizumab Tops Placebo in Axial Spondyloarthritis

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Significant improvements for patients with prior inadequate response, intolerance to TNFi
Young adults who report injecting drugs or using heroin

High Uptake, Acceptability of Rapid Fentanyl Test Strips

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Significant link between receiving positive results, reporting positive change in overdose risk behavior
For patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

Chemoimmunotherapy Ups Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Atezolizumab plus nab-paclitaxel prolongs progression-free survival in metastatic disease
Triple therapy with VX-659 or VX-445 combined with tezacaftor-ivacaftor shows promise for the treatment of adult patients with cystic fibrosis who have mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Triple Combo Regimens May Address Cause of Cystic Fibrosis

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Promising results for VX-659-, VX-445-tezacaftor-ivacaftor for cystic fibrosis with mutations in CFTR
Among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

Aspirin, Anticoagulants Similarly Prevent VTE After TKA

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In patients having total knee arthroplasty, aspirin non-inferior for venous thromboembolism, death
From 2014 to 2016 there was an increase in the annual number of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users in the United States

2014 to 2016 Saw 470 Percent Increase in HIV PrEP Use in U.S.

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~7 percent of those with indications for PrEP were prescribed PrEP, including 2.1 percent of women
Overall vaccination coverage is high among the nation's kindergarten students

CDC: Vaccination Rates More Than 95 Percent for Kindergartners

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Coverage could be even higher if schools followed up with under-vaccinated