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Two children with AFM who underwent surgery for nerve transfer show functional recovery at two years

Higher rates of at least one incident-linked condition seen in men, women with HFE p.C282Y homozygosity

Global adoption of healthy reference diet would reduce morbidity, environmental degradation

Similar in-hospital mortality seen for low-income patients with AMI in expansion versus nonexpansion states

Odds of being undiagnosed higher for girls, Asian-Americans versus white non-Hispanics

In almost 70 percent of bronchiolitis cases, antibiotics prescribed with no concomitant infection

Factors negatively influencing women are largely related to the culture of the subspecialty

Generic equivalents held to same vigorous manufacturing standards as brand-name drugs

Agency cannot accept new fees or applications until the shutdown is over

Percentage of U.S. children 19 to 35 months who have not been vaccinated has quadrupled since 2001

Routine partial nephrectomy yielded longest life expectancy in patients with normal renal function

Top 3 causes were confused patient, removal of catheter by patient, tape or securement loose

Race-matched donor organ tied to improved survival for African-Americans with HCC undergoing transplant

Lower risk for conversion for initial treatment with fingolimod, alemtuzumab, or natalizumab

Verifying reported allergies necessary to improve outcomes, prevent antibiotic resistance

IF with 70 percent energy intake has better outcomes versus continuous diet restriction in obese women

No risk reduction seen when replacing prolonged sedentary bouts with shorter sedentary bouts

Complication rates for invasive lung diagnostic procedures higher than those seen in clinical trials

Lower risk for diabetes seen for those with normal fasting glucose, not impaired fasting glucose

Standardized mortality ratio highest for cancers of lung, head and neck, testes, bladder, Hodgkin lymphoma