‘Superbugs’ found on many hospital patients’ hands and what they touch most often
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Population health: A rapidly evolving discipline in US academic medicine
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Medicaid could save $2.6 billion within a year if just 1% of recipients quit smoking
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Medicaid reimbursement to treat cancer patients with radiation therapy varies widely
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Maintenance immunotherapy fails to improve survival in extensive small cell lung cancer
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Media registration for ACC Latin America Conference 2019 is open!
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David Gems to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel
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Study: Medication treatment reduces arrests among people with opioid use disorder
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High-dose vitamin D shows benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
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Graphic cigarette warning labels can deter some sales
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ESMO drives EU-level action to tackle shortages of essential medicines
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