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Twenty-seven viruses can be found in human semen

Twenty-Seven Viruses Can Be Found in Human Semen

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Many viruses cause chronic or latent infection, and some cause acute infection, such as Zika and Ebola
The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014

AACR Releases 2017 Cancer Progress Report

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Twenty-five percent decrease in age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate from 1991 to 2014
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
Humanitarian surgical care has been provided to local national civilians during the Afghanistan conflict

Study Details Humanitarian Surgical Care in Afghanistan

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A total of 5,768 local national civilians had surgery; 49.3 percent classified as non-war-related conditions
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Complete blood cell count parameters at commonly used or optimal thresholds do not offer high accuracy in identifying invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants (≤60 days of age)

‘Modest at Best’ Discriminatory Ability for CBC Test in Infants

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Findings among febrile infants (≤60 days) with invasive bacterial infections
The median cost of cancer drug development is $648.0 million

Median Cost of Cancer Drug Development $648.0 Million

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Total revenue from sales of 10 drugs was $67.0 billion, with total R&D spending of $7.2 billion
From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 there was a decrease in the prevalence of vaccine-type human papillomavirus among unvaccinated young women aged 18 to 26 years

Vaccine-Type HPV Rates Down for Unvaccinated Young Women

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Significant decrease among unvaccinated women aged 18 to 26 years from 2009-2010 to 2013-2014
Several health care-related organizations have filed an amicus brief in support of veterans seeking a rule change that would amend or repeal the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs policy of not covering sex-reassignment surgery for veterans with gender dysphoria

AMA Joins Brief Seeking VA Coverage of Sex Reassignment Sx

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Several organizations support transgender veterans seeking to repeal policy of not covering SRS
For men with prostate cancer there is no difference in acute genitourinary or sexual dysfunction between 6- and 2-fraction high-dose-rate brachytherapy monotherapy

No Difference in Toxicity for 6-, 2-Fraction HDR in Prostate Cancer

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Urinary, sexual toxicity similar with 6-, 2-fraction high-dose-rate brachytherapy regimen