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By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country.In an alert posted on the social …

Model accurately predicts hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with HCV-related cirrhosis with SVR to DAAs

Only 19 percent of patients were treated with oral and/or third-line therapies during six-year study; third-line therapy increased from 2013 to 2018

Very small amounts of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity linked to significant reduction in MACE for women

Compared with laparoscopic appendectomy, nonoperative management was also more effective

Intervention participants were more likely to complete screening and to have detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia

More than two-thirds of patients with negative chest X-ray results prescribed antibiotics

Significant increases seen in the number of prevalent cases, incident cases, disability-adjusted life years, deaths

Visceral adipose tissue had significant direct effect on amyloid burden, which was not explained by HOMA-IR

While vertigo may spontaneously remit, other symptoms often persist and worsen over time, showing complex disease course