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With the nation's largest health insurer exiting all but a few Affordable Care Act exchanges next year

2017 May Offer Fewer Choices for Affordable Care Act Enrollees

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UnitedHealth's exit from most marketplaces highlights health exchanges' growing pains
Mandatory safety training for doctors who prescribe opioids is being reconsidered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Reconsidering Training for Doctors Prescribing Opioids

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Next week, FDA committee of outside experts will meet to review risk-management plans
Health care prices vary widely across the United States

Wide Variation in Health Care Costs Across the U.S.

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Even within a state, there can be large differences in price
For lung transplant recipients

Sleep May Impact Mortality in Lung Transplant Recipients

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Assessment of sleep likely to better clarify predictors of mortality in post-transplant patients
There is a lack of data relating to the prevalence of workplace violence in health care and how to address it

Article Discusses Workplace Violence in Health Care

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Workplace violence often underreported; health care sector among industries most subject to violence
Detection of concerning symptoms after radical cystectomy can be improved by optimizing the timing and number of outpatient encounters

Optimally Timed Follow-Up Cuts Readmissions After Cystectomy

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Timing, frequency of outpatient care helps identify concerning symptoms following radical cystectomy
HIV-positive transplant recipients and their physicians should be aware of potential interactions between fixed dose combination products used for HIV treatment and immunosuppressant metabolism

Interactions for HIV Drug Combos, Immunosuppressants

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Drug interaction-induced calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity described in renal transplant recipient
Preventive mastectomy that preserves the nipple and surrounding skin may be as effective in preventing breast cancer in high-risk women as more invasive surgeries

Nipple-Sparing Preventive Mastectomies Deemed Safe

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Preventive surgeries with nipple preservation don't appear to raise breast cancer risk in high-risk women
Under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act

Doctors Have a Only a Few Weeks Left to Review Financial Data

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Physicians have a few weeks left to review, dispute reports relating to their financial ties to industry
An update on Americans' health finds that racial and ethnic disparities persist

U.S. Health Report Card Finds Racial, Ethnic Disparities Persist

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But infant mortality rates, numbers of uninsured are improving, government analysis reveals