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Targeted HCV patients improve on sofosbuvir/daclatasvir combination
A combination of sofosbuvir/daclatasvir yielded sustained virological responses at 12 weeks after the last treatment in 95% of hepatitis C virus–...
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Patient-reported outcomes tied to long-term outcomes in bariatric surgery
A large study of patients who had bariatric surgery showed that patient-reported outcomes were correlated with long-term weight loss but not with...
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New biomarkers, standardization of AMA testing will improve PBC diagnosis
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Healthy donor stool safe, effective for recurrent CDI
For patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), donor stool administered via colonoscopy achieved clinical cure significantly...
Guidelines
ASCO: Always screen cancer survivors for chronic pain
All adult cancer survivors should be screened for chronic pain at every visit, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s first...
Guidelines
How new dietary guidelines affect health care providers
While the new dietary guidelines, released jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department Agriculture, are geared...
Guidelines
New guidelines update VTE treatment recommendations
Compression stockings are out for preventing postthrombotic syndrome
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Study establishes protocol for perioperative dabigatran discontinuation
Key clinical point: The risk of stroke and major bleeding can be reduced to low levels using a formalized strategy for stopping and then...