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Championing Change: Physician and Lung Cancer Advocate Shares Personal Story

Black Health Matters

Dr. Barned graduated from the University of The West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences Jamaica in 2012 and is currently a practicing internal medicine specialist at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland. Sydney Barned, MD, is a stage 4 lung cancer survivor and advocate.

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iGaming Providers Turn To New Data Technology For Payment Solutions

Smart Data Collective

Industry data shows that the real money betting and gambling sector was worth around $417 billion in 2012. If evaluates risk factors to verify identities, prevent fraud and ensure compliance more quickly, so customers can get and deposit money as timely as possible. iGaming accounted for 8% ($33.8 iGaming Evolves with Big Data.

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Are You Always Waking Up Exhausted? Here's What to Do

Mercola

reported in 2012. A major factor that could be causing this is unrefreshing sleep, also called nonrestorative sleep. The study, published in the Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome journal, showed the implications of nonrestorative sleep, stating that it is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome among adults between ages 39 and 75.

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The Kidney PATIENT Act Could Help Someone You Love

Black Health Matters

The bill aims to “amend the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to delay implementation of the inclusion of oral-only ESRD-related drugs in the Medicare ESRD prospective payment system.” The study stated, “Established CKD risk factors accounted for higher risk of incident CKD in Black versus White individuals.”

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What Are Hospital Acquired Infections?

Gideon

Risk Factors Immunocompromised individuals, such as those undergoing chemotherapy, are at an increased risk for hospital-acquired infection. Geriatric patients are also at increased risk, as are those with multiple medical comorbidities. World Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 9(3), pp.43-53. 8) Dumont, C. 9) Palmer, E.,

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Resurgence of congenital syphilis signals ‘urgent need’ for testing, treatment

HEALTHBEAT

In recent years, congenital syphilis cases have increased significantly nationwide, rising from 334 cases reported in 2012 to 3,761 in 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported 231 stillbirths and 51 infant deaths in 2022. cases per 100,000 people), followed by Brooklyn (11.4

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The Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Health and Disease

Gideon

This led the FDA to recommend new safety measures for FMTs, including screening donors for risk factors associated with carrying multi-drug-resistant organisms and testing all donor stools for such organisms. 2012 Jan-Feb;3(1):4-14. 2012 Oct;143(4):913-6.e7. A new genomic blueprint of the human gut microbiota.