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White House opioid panel calls for more addiction specialists
Experts recommend some payment changes regarding pain management as well.
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VIDEO: Metabolic regulator FGF21 improves fibrosis in NASH patients
A hormone is found to help with NASH-related fibrosis and liver injury.
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Middle-aged hepatocellular carcinoma patients increasingly ineligible for transplant
WASHINGTON – Baby boomers show a disparity between high risk of HCC and low rate of meeting the Milan criteria.
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VIDEO: Liver transplant center competition tied to delisting patients
See how competition among transplant centers can help listed patients.
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Emphasizing an entrepreneurial spirit: Raman Palabindala, MD
Venkatraraman “Raman” Palabindala, MD, FACP, SFHM, says he was destined to be a doctor since birth.
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Post–liver transplant results similar in acute alcoholic hepatitis, stage 1a
AAH patients may be similar to stage 1a transplant patients in success and need.
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VIDEO: Fibrosis biomarkers show promise to replace liver biopsy
A noninvasive biomarker-based diagnostic method could become the new standard for detecting fibrosis severity.
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Public health intervention helps stem tuberculosis transmission
A Texas county uses public health initiatives to improve disease control.
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Study: Macrolide treatment lowers risk of failure in pediatric CAP patients
SAN DIEGO – Macrolides show lower treatment failure in children with pneumonia.
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Expanding treatment options to deal with antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance took the stage in IDWeek’s opening seminar on what’s hot
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Hospital mortality for emergency bowel resection linked to failure to rescue
BALTIMORE – A large study of emergency bowel resection cases shows a link between hospital mortality and their failure-to-rescue rates.
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Prehospital tourniquets in civilian settings significantly decreased mortality
BALTIMORE – Tourniquets no longer belong just on the battlefield.
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Early start to puberty increases likelihood of depression in girls
Maturation is happening earlier and earlier, and it may be causing psychopathology.
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Opioid management protocol lowered trauma patient pain medication use
A targeted pain management protocol for trauma patients addressed the problem of overprescribing of opioids.
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Bezlotoxumab may lower risk of C. difficile readmissions
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) patients treated with bezlotoxumab were less likely to be readmitted for recurring symptoms within 30 days...