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cf-bDNA costs $89,600 per quality-adjusted life year gained, with alternatives less costly and more effective

By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons was held this year from Oct. 19 to 22 in San Francisco and attracted participants from around the world, including surgeons, medical experts, allied health professionals, and administrators. The conference included hundreds of general and specialty sessions, postgraduate courses, …

Increase in out-of-pocket costs seen for multiple sclerosis medications per year by average of 217 percent

For patients hospitalized with influenza, prevalence of at least one underlying medical condition increased with age

Additional benefits include significant improvement in the physical and mental states of people with alcohol use disorder

Tuberculosis continues to mostly affect people in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Western Pacific

Authors call for future research to examine implications of GERD detection, management for the prevention and treatment of hypertension

Hazard ratio of 0.70 reported for risk for asthma with age at natural menopause of 40 to 44 versus 50 to 54 years

Significant genetic predictions of alopecia seen with hypothyroidism, Hashimoto thyroiditis, and subacute thyroiditis

Authors say these identified patients may benefit from more aggressive heart failure preventive strategies