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Following an investigation into the breach of the protected health information of 206,695 individuals, the Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with Doctors’ Management Services – which provides medical billing, payor credentialing and other third-party healthcare services to several…

TOPLINE: Teplizumab (Tzield) infusions in children and adolescents with new-onset type 1 diabetes met the primary endpoint of preserved beta-cell function and trended toward improved secondary glycemic endpoints. METHODOLOGY: The study was a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of teplizumab…

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Adding front-of-package ingredient disclosures significantly increases caregivers’ ability to identify the presence and absence of common ingredients in sweetened fruit drinks and flavored waters and unsweetened 100% juice, according to a new paper from researchers at the Rudd Center for…

Cancer Research UK provide details on lymphoma The MD and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Mashiul Chowdhury, confirmed that flu and cancer symptoms can feel the same. Chowdhury said: “The symptoms of the flu often…

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Sir David Attenborough is back on our screens this weekend as he presents Planet Earth III on BBC. The naturalist said of the highly-anticipated series, which focuses on the four corners of the globe: “The natural world is not always…

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Drinking FOUR cups of coffee or tea per day could be the key to longevity in middle-age, study hints Researchers followed 12,500 people in their 50s in Singapore for 20 years Those who drank four cups or more each day…

BOSTON — Fewer than one in four patients with liver cancer related to hepatitis C viral infection received all-oral, noninterferon, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents, despite the proven survival benefits of these agents in this patient population, results of a retrospective…