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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends hepatitis C virus infection screening for individuals aged 18 to 79 years. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online Aug. 27 by the USPSTF.

USPSTF Advises Broader Age Range for Hep C Screening

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Draft recommendation statement expands screening to asymptomatic individuals aged 18 to 79 years
Purdue Pharma

OxyContin Maker Offers Up to $12 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims

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Potential deal has been discussed by lawyers representing Purdue and at least 10 state attorneys general
The number of marijuana growers allowed to produce the drug for U.S. government-approved research will be expanded from one to 34

DEA to Approve Dozens More Growers for Marijuana Research

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Added sites will provide researchers with greater variety of marijuana to study
Few oncologists and specialists recommend health promotion to cancer survivors

Few Oncologists Suggest Health Promotion to Cancer Survivors

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Oncologists expressed concern that health promotion could distress or overwhelm cancer survivors
Psoriasis is significantly associated with an increased mortality risk

Psoriasis Independently Linked to Increased Mortality Risk

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Comorbidities such as CVD, diabetes, COPD, cancer, CKD, and stroke mediate part of the association
For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and high disease activity

Combo Tx May Improve Disease Control for Some in Early RA

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Improved disease control, remission, functional capacity for TNF or non-TNF plus methotrexate
Lung cancer screening computed tomography scans can be used to identify smoking-related conditions that frequently are associated with adverse events

CT Scan Screen for Lung Cancer Can ID Smoking-Related Diseases

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New diagnoses of CVD, emphysema, osteoporosis identified, often are linked to adverse events
Patient gender and age can be predicted by applying artificial intelligence to an electrocardiogram

Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Patient Gender, Age From ECG

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Authors say AI algorithm to determine physiologic age could serve as measure of overall health status
From 2006 to 2016

Prices Spike for Drugs Used to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

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2006-2016 Medicare claims show 10.2-fold, 7.2-fold hikes in pharmaceutical, out-of-pocket spending
Hospitalized older adults transferred to a long-term acute care hospital have poor survival

Survival Poor for Elderly Admitted to Long-Term Acute Care Setting

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Among older Medicare beneficiaries admitted to LTAC, more than one-third died in an inpatient setting