
By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2sY990N

The risk for women under 60 years of age more than doubled in the first six months after diagnosis, and rose 80 percent six months to three years after diagnosis, the findings showed.
With over-the-counter hearing aids a year or more away from market, many patients are having to choose between really expensive and sort of expensive devices.
Among nearly 700 heart surgery patients studied, researchers found the tactic did seem to reduce blood transfusions. Patients who self-donated also had shorter hospital stays.
The study suggests that sweeping prevention, screening and treatment efforts could prevent 15.1 million new hepatitis C infections and 1.5 million cirrhosis and liver cancer deaths by 2030.