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Migrants from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis who undergo screening before entry to low-incidence countries pose a negligible risk of onward transmission but are at increased risk of the infection

Migrants Screened for Active TB Pose Negligible Transmission Risk

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Screening, monitoring, treatment important in continuing downward trend of tuberculosis incidence
A type of smokeless tobacco called snus may increase a prostate cancer patient's mortality risk

Snus Use Tied to Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality

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Safety of the smokeless tobacco product called into question
A computerized order entry tool can increase the use of nonimaging cardiac stress tests among hospitalized patients

Computerized Ordering Tool Cuts Imaging Cardiac Stress Tests

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No reduction in use of inappropriate testing after introduction of computerized order entry tool
For high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Late Mortality Mainly Noncardiac for TAVR Patients

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Low rate of adverse events after the first month; good valve performance during follow-up
Physicians are twice as likely to get the right diagnosis on the first try as 23 popular symptom-checking computer programs

Doctors Better Diagnosticians Than Symptom-Checker Programs

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Popular symptom checkers were half as accurate in comparison study
Despite offering assistance to individuals who cannot afford expensive medications

Copay Assist Programs Creating Problems in Health Care Markets

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Despite offering assistance to those who cannot afford meds, programs create broader problems
Pembrolizumab is associated with longer progression-free and overall survival for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer with programmed death ligand 1 expression on at least 50 percent of tumor cells

Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in NSCLC With PD-L1 Expression

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Findings in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1 expression on at least 50 percent of tumor cells
Adding a full-time trained communication facilitator in the intensive care unit may improve quality of care while also reducing costs

Communication Facilitator Beneficial in Intensive Care Unit

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Full-time, trained communication facilitator improves quality of care, costs
For high-risk cardiac patients

Video-Only CPR Education Noninferior to Manikin Training

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No significant difference in chest compression rate for high-risk families undergoing video-only training
The U.S. health care system is one of the least efficient worldwide based on a Bloomberg index that assesses life expectancy

U.S. Health Care System Is One of the Least Efficient Worldwide

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America ranked 50 out of 55 countries in 2014, according to a Bloomberg index