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Data show adverse outcomes include increased mortality rates, prolonged hospital stay, and higher hospitalization chargers.

Data show global burden of NAFLD increased, while burden of cirrhosis decreased in adolescents and young adults.

Ulcerative colitis patients with fatigue are more likely to be unemployed, have moderate or severe disease, and higher Mayo scores.

Data show males, patients with high BMI correlated with higher FAST score in HCV care.

Data show clinically meaningful improvement in IBDQ score and MCS score in patients treated with UST.

Data show a 23.5% increase in influenza vaccination rates.

Data show biologic therapy was not associated with ICU admission or death due to infection.

C difficile and sepsis infections can be especially difficult to treat.

SER-109 resulted in a 73% reduction in relative risk for CDI over 8 weeks.

There is a substantial health care cost for CDI patients with sepsis.

In data presented at DDW, researchers find a decrease in hospital-acquired CDI infections in 2020 when compared to 2018 and 2019.

CX-01 added to standard of care was well-tolerated and did not increase incidence of bleeding in patients >59 years old.

In both studies, a higher proportion of patients on upadacitinib 15 mg and 30 mg achieved EASI-75, EASI-90, and EASI-100 compared with the placebo groups.

Veterans are particularly susceptible to opioid dependence and abuse.

Internet-delivered CBT may be an efficient and convenient means for addressing behaviors that exacerbate atopic dermatitis-related symptoms.

The researchers developed a computerized clinical decision support tool to help clinicians prescribe probiotics.

There was an association between exercise time and increased ejection fraction.

Patients treated with ruxolitnib cream show ≥75% improvement in facial vitiligo scoring index.

A daily opioid dose higher than 90 MME is associated with 3-fold risk increase, compared to 90 MME or lower.

A large proportion of HCV patients remain undiagnosed, particularly in the older population.

More and more individuals are becoming diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. But the research to halt this crisis is not quite there yet.

An expert discussion on climate change and air pollution effects on communities, including increased COVID-19 rates.

Vonoprazan has shown more potent acid inhibitory effects than PPI.

Early data suggests vaccines are effective against B.1.617.2 variant first discovered in India.

A survey at ACC 2021 showed 38% of cardiology professionals were burnt out during COVID-19. What factors in the field have already made it difficult to cope?

The high-risk patient population is under-represented in new research and agents. Why characteristics set it apart from other cardiovascular diseases?

Pegcetacoplan outperformed competitor in a phase 3 head-to-head study.

The anticoagulant did not improve clinical outcomes when compared with prophylactic anticoagulation.