Overall survival and graft failure rates at 1, 6, and 12 months for patients who received lung transplants for irreversible lung injuries after SARS-CoV-2 infection mirrored the rates of those who received the transplants for other reasons, according to a study of data from 385 people located around the US.
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This Medical News article discusses zuranolone, the first pill approved for postpartum depression.
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Insurers tended to pay the same hospitals more for the same services when the services were covered by commercial plans than when they were covered by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, a private insurance alternative to traditional Medicare for people aged 65 years or older, based on results from 2434 hospitals and 118 insurers.
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A 10-year-old girl with spina bifida and neurogenic bowel hospitalized for abdominal pain, dehydration, and more than 20 episodes of diarrhea per day. A stool sample test result was positive for Clostridioides difficile by polymerase-chain-reaction and an enzyme immunoassay result for C difficile toxin A and B was negative. How do you interpret these test results?
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This JAMA Patient Page describes Huntington disease and its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options.
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In this narrative medicine essay, a physician in training describes what it means to come home during her journey in pursuit of a medical career.
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This Viewpoint discusses recently established quality measures designed to screen patients for health-related social needs and how they may not only come up short, but impede progress in health equity.
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Nationally and globally, health will continue to be one of the most important policy issues for the 2024 US election. Information about these health issues is critical for decision-making and to answer pressing public and global health questions affecting the US and the world. US elections are not only domestic; they affect world politics, economies, security, welfare, and health.
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This Viewpoint discusses the maternal mortality crisis in the US, the need for an extension of Medicaid postpartum coverage, and the residual challenges across the US related to maternal health.
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This Medical News article discusses EG.5, the Omicron descendant that could soon dominate globally.
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