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Sex workers: High rates of HIV, low rates of treatment
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- Mark S. Lesney
Sex workers fail to benefit from interventions and treatments afforded other key populations, in part because of criminalization and social stigma...
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Automated algorithm improves HIV/HCV screening in the ED
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- Mark S. Lesney
More patients had newly diagnosed HIV and HCV with an automated EHR-based HIV/HCV screening algorithm than with a nurse-order EHR-based screening...
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Myeloperoxidase elevated in HCV-related liver cancer
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- Mark S. Lesney
Marked expression of myeloperoxidase is associated with the pathogenesis of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Resident participation in surgery is safe for patients, study shows
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- Mark S. Lesney
Other than an increased incidence of urinary tract infections, resident surgical participation was not linked to...
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Transition to noninjected drug use lowers risk of HCV infection
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- Mark S. Lesney
Reverse transitioning to noninjected drug use was strongly associated with lower HCV positivity, compared with...
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Mutation in patients with chronic HCV raises risk of liver cancer
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- Mark S. Lesney
A variant in a base repair excision gene in patients with chronic HCV raises the risk of developing...
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Age, risk factors should guide chlamydia, gonorrhea screening of HIV-infected women
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- Mark S. Lesney
WASHINGTON – Women with HIV should be screened for other STIs based on age and risk factors, based on results of...
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Transgender health survey provides data on nearly 28,000 individuals
- Author:
- Mark S. Lesney
WASHINGTON – The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey provides more data on transgender life and health than ever previously available.
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Tracking 90-day vascular surgery outcomes: The coming new normal?
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- Mark S. Lesney
Total 90-day postdischarge mortality rate exceeded the inpatient death rate, and readmissions were the major...
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Risk factors for postop cardiac events differ between vascular and general surgery
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- Mark S. Lesney
Predictive risk factors for cardiac events after general and vascular surgery differed significantly.
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NYC outbreak of Candida auris linked to 45% mortality
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- Mark S. Lesney
About 45% of Candida auris–infected patients died within 90 days and 98% of patient isolates were found...
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Predicting stent failure in the treatment of May-Thurner syndrome
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- Mark S. Lesney
BOSTON – "This data is hopefully the first step in allowing us to guide intra-operative decision making."
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HIV intervention for drug users also benefits injection partners
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- Mark S. Lesney
Mortality and HIV incidence were lower in HIV-negative injection partners of HIV-positive PWID receiving HIV...
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Age cutoff suggested for STI screening in HIV patients
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- Mark S. Lesney
Study suggests targeted STI screening of older women and older men who have sex only with women among those...
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FDA approves two once-daily HIV drugs
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- Mark S. Lesney
Delstrigo and Pifeltro were approved by the FDA for use in adults infected with HIV-1 and no prior...