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Development and external validation of the FluScoreVax risk score for influenza that incorporates vaccine status (EAST-PC) [Acute respiratory infections]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To develop and externally validate a simple risk score for influenza diagnosis based only on vaccination history and patient-reported symptoms. Outcome measures: In each study patient-reported symptoms were recorded and PCR used to diagnose influenza.

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Rural-urban differences in continuity of primary care among persons with prediabetes [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study is a retrospective cohort analysis of electronic health records of patients from Geisinger Health System. A binary indicator for rural was the main independent variable and was defined using the 2010 Census Bureau’s Urban and Rural classification. Persons diagnosed with prediabetes and/or an HbA1c between 5.7-6.4%

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World’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos

Physician's Weekly

Nearly 2 million Americans are diagnosed with malignancies every year. ” This article is based on interviews with nearly two dozen current and former NCI employees, academic researchers, scientists, and patients. . “We use the word ‘drone attack’ now regularly,” one worker said of grant terminations.