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On average, patients treated in freestanding for-profit dialysis centers experience poorer survival rates and are less likely to be placed on the transplant waiting list than those who are managed in not-for-profit facilities.

Viral infections have long been known to constrict the airways in the lungs of people with asthma. Now scientists have discovered how viral infections trigger asthma attacks in susceptible people.

HIV-1 testing by using urine samples is an accurate, safe and more acceptable way to screen for the disease.

Scientists from the School of Public Health and the National NIMH describe how early warning signs have now been identified that carry increased risk of subsequent mental and behavioral disorders among vulnerable individuals.