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Many U.S. Hospitals Offer Language Services

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Percentage of hospitals offering language services increases with level of need
Opioid abuse arises in only a very small fraction -- less than half of 1 percent -- of cases involving surgical patients aged 65 or older

Risk of Post-Op Opioid Abuse Deemed Low for Elderly Patients

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Vast majority of patients use the meds short term to ease their pain
The first generic version of the flu medication Tamiflu has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves First Generic Version of Tamiflu

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Oseltamivir phosphate does not take the place of receiving a flu vaccination
Obstructive sleep apnea/hypoxia is associated with progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in pediatric patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Night Hypoxia Tied to Progression of Peds Liver Disease

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More severe fibrosis for patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypoxia versus those without
Hospitals with higher intensive care unit utilization for four common conditions have greater use of invasive procedures and costs of hospitalization

ICU May Up Invasive Procedures, Costs, Without Mortality Benefit

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Hospital-level ICU utilization rate not linked to hospital mortality for four common conditions
A committee sanctioned by the American Thoracic Society has developed conditional guidelines for the diagnostic evaluation of infants with recurrent or persistent wheezing

ATS Issues Conditional Guidance for Persistent Infantile Wheezing

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More research is needed that measures clinical outcomes in order to recommend interventions
The cytokine M-CSF promotes survival of lung and liver mononuclear phagocytes to mediate host defense during bacterial pneumonia

M-CSF Plays Role in Host Defense in Bacterial Pneumonia

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M-CSF promotes survival of lung and liver mononuclear phagocytes in experimental model
The Amish environment seems to provide protection against asthma and allergic sensitization

Amish Farm Environment May Protect Children From Asthma

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Amish, Hutterite children have profound differences in proportions, phenotypes, functions of immune cells
For patients with allergic rhinitis

House Dust Mite Immunotherapy Effective for Allergic Rhinitis

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Large randomized trial in Japan shows improvement in Average Adjusted Symptom Score
Targeted therapies that do not contain erlotinib can be beneficial for patients with KRAS-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Targeted Therapies Beneficial in KRAS-Mutated NSCLC

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Improved progression-free survival for patients treated with therapy not containing erlotinib