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Noroviruses Affecting Diverse Populations
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Promising C. difficile Antibiotic in Pipeline
Major Finding: The experimental antibiotic cadazolid concentrated in feces with low systemic exposure and few side effects after single doses or...
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Type 2 Diabetes Re-Emerges After Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Twenty-one percent of obese patients with type 2 diabetes whose disease went into remission following gastric bypass surgery...
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Fundoplication Doesn't Diminish Efficacy of Ablation in Barrett's Patients
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Bevacizumab Beyond Progression Extends Survival in Metastatic CRC
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Quality of Life Undiminished by Telaprevir in Chronic Hepatitis C
Major Finding: After adjustment for age and sex in treatment-naive chronic HCV patients, the baseline mean index values for health-related quality...
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Scope Matches Pathology in Diminutive Colorectal Polyps
Major Finding: High-definition, dual-focus colonoscopy produced 75% accurate, high-confidence diagnoses of diminutive polyps, vs. 63% using an...
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Statins Appear Safe, Even Beneficial, in Cirrhosis
Major Finding: Among patients with advanced liver disease, the hepatic decompensation rate was 38.2% in patients on statin therapy and 50.6% in...
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Vedolizumab Scores on Safety, Efficacy for Ulcerative Colitis
Major Finding: Maintenance therapy with vedolizumab produced a 45% steroid-free clinical remission rate compared with a 14% rate for patients...
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Texas Has More Doctors Since Tort Reform
Major Finding: Since medical tort reform became effective in Texas on Sept.