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Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 this year could pay thousands of dollars, study suggests
Americans who get seriously ill from COVID-19 in 2021 might have to pay thousands of dollars in bills from their…
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Patients with kidney transplants more vulnerable to common, usually harmless bacterium
It’s a pervasive bacterium found in soil and water that rarely causes disease, but a new national review of nocardia…
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Fewer patients sought treatment for kidney failure in early months of COVID-19 pandemic
In the four months following the COVID-19 pandemic’s arrival in the U.S., the number of patients initiating treatment for kidney…
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Scots HIV patients to be given new jab once every two months
Scots HIV patients to be given new jab once every two months and ditch their daily pills Scottish HIV patients…
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Diabetes patients on NHS offered hope thanks to artificial pancreas
Artificial pancreas may soon be available to diabetic patients on the NHS after ‘blisteringly brilliant’ trial results Artificial pancreas to…
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Patients could be dying from accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England
A study has revealed that 232 people could have died from taking an accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England…
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Patients with kidney disease—even without anemia—may benefit from iron treatment
New research indicates that treating iron deficiency, even in the absence of anemia, may benefit patients with kidney disease. The…
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Patients in bind as brain cancer drug price rises to $1,000 per pill
The maker of the expensive brain cancer drug Gleostine has removed it from the Medicare drug rebate program, a move…
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