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From 2020 to 2021, the ED visit rate increased with age for adults with diabetes, according to a data brief published by the CDC. Researchers observed that the ED visit rate by adults with diabetes was 72.2 per 1,000 adults from...

Medical doctors (MDs) do not have a monopoly on being addressed as “doctor.” Many healthcare practitioners, like veterinarians, dentists, and pharmacists, have earned degrees with the title “doctor” attached. However, without...

Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who received care from an internal interdisciplinary family medicine team to attain sustained virologic response at 12weeks after treatment (SVR12) had superior results compared with...

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASCL) grading system can precisely predict patient outcomes for patients with lung cancer, according to a study published in Lung Cancer. In a retrospective study of...

Slight to moderately reduced risks for several cancers are linked with long-term low-dose aspirin use, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. However, this is not the case with cancer...

A diagnostic stewardship intervention care bundle (DSI-CB) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was safe, feasible, and associated with significant decreases in positive respiratory cultures and antibiotic utilization rates...

For patients with metastatic NSCLC receiving immunotherapy, outcomes are similar across racial and ethnic groups, but Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) is associated with survival, according to a...

Researchers linked strongly increased risks for oral tongue cancers with inflammatory tongue conditions, which preceded cancer diagnosis by several years, according to a study published in the Journal for Clinical Oncology. The...

Two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) are effective against herpes zoster (HZ), with the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of two doses waning little over four years of follow-up, according to a study published  in the Annals...