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An implant created with a three-dimensional printer has demonstrated success in three patients

3-D Printing Method Successfully Treats Tracheobrochomalacia

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Flexible implant adapts with child's growth, researchers say
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is already the third leading cause of death in the world

COPD May Increase Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

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COPD is third leading cause of death in the world
A surveillance system for health care facilities can be used to identify and help reduce the number of preventable injuries among health care personnel

CDC: Surveillance System Can Help Reduce Health Care Injuries

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Nurse assistants and nurses found to have highest injury rates among all occupations examined
Physician compensation has gone up for almost all specialties

Physician Compensation Up for Most Specialties

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Top three earners for patient care are orthopedists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists
For patients undergoing elective carotid artery stenting

Proximal, Distal Filter Embolic Protection Devices Comparable

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Stroke/death rates similar with use of P-EPD and F-EPD in elective coronary artery stenting
Smoking cigars carries the same health risks as smoking cigarettes

Cigar Smoking Poses Much the Same Danger As Cigarettes

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All-cause and cause-specific mortality risk increased
Interventional pulmonology (IP) graduates most often find positions in academic IP practices

Most Interventional Pulmonology Grads in Academic Practices

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Three-quarters of interventional pulmonology graduates have positions in academic practices
More than one-quarter of patients with metastatic prostate cancer present with a synchronous second primary malignancy

Second Primaries for Over 25% With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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28.1 percent have synchronous second primary; mortality up with synchronous lung, stomach cancer
Direct-to-consumer advertising of asthma medications is associated with increased emergency department utilization among commercially insured patients

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Asthma Meds Ups ER Use

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Advertising linked to increase in pharmacy sales; emergency room visits for commercially insured
Researchers say they've identified a gene that affects whether children with asthma respond to corticosteroids. The study was published online April 21 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

VNN1 Gene Potentially Useful Biomarker in Childhood Asthma

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Linked to efficacy of corticosteroids