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1. Elderly receive less life-sustaining treatment at the end of life. 2. Hospital handwashing rules often ignored. 3. Sedentary lifestyle increases risk for diabetes. 4. Group proposes ethical principles to be shared by all health care providers.

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An international group of health leaders released a "Shared Statement of Ethical Principles for Those Who Shape and Give Health Care" in today's issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.

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1. Laramie, Wyoming physician comments on Matthew Shepard's slaying. 2. Studies find ethic groups get heart treatment comparable to whites, if they have health insurance and are treated in appropriate hospitals. 3. U.S. must provide better surveillance for foodborne illnesses.

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1-Patients Prefer Making Advance Care Decisions with Family, Not Physicians; 2- Comparisons of Two Anticoagulants to Treat Deep Vein Blood Clots; 3- Special Curriculum Helps Doctors Communicate with Patients of Other Cultures; 4- New Paper Guides Physicians Treating Patients Without Decision-Making Capacity.

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1- Low-Dose Hormone Replacement Therapy Increases Bone Density in Elderly Women; 2-Physical Acitivity Biggest Influence on Weight; May Overcome Genetic Factors; 3- Overweight and Esophagal Cancer Linked; 4 - Five New Markers for Predicting Heart Disease Evaluated.

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1 - HFE Genotype in Patients with Hemochromatosis and Other Liver Diseases; 2 - Will the Real Hemochromatosis Please Stand Up? 3 - Relation of Consumption of Vitamin E, Vitamin C, and Cartenoids to Risk for Stroke among Men in the United States; 4 - Effects of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Ventilatory Function on Risk for Stroke in Men: The Reykjavik Study.

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1- new HIV therapy works better in clinical trials than in the real world; 2- gastric cancer sometimes responds to antibiotics prescribed for H. pylori; 3- new problem statements reduce medical jargon

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Below please find link(s) to new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine. All coronavirus-related content published in Annals of Internal Medicine is free to the public. A complete collection is available at https://annals.org/aim/pages/coronavirus-content.

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Below please find a summary and link(s) of new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Below please find a summary and link(s) of new coronavirus-related content published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.