Incidence of acute hepatitis B--United States, 1990-2002
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The number of people with a liver disease called hepatitis B decreased 67% between 1990 and 2002, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The greatest decrease occurred in children, probably because the percentage of children vaccinated against hepatitis B increased from 16% in 1992 to 90% in 2000. Gay men and injection drug users are still at risk because the virus that causes hepatitis B is transmitted sexually and in blood.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Trends in career choice by US medical school graduates
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Fewer medical students are choosing intern medicine or family medicine as their specialty. In 2002, only 44% of all graduating medical students did so, compared to 49% in 1987 and 53% in 1998. Only 21% of medical students expressed an interest in primary care in 2002 compared to 35% in 1999. The number of students choosing surgery as their specialty remained stable while more students choose emergency medicine and plastic surgery.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information: results from a national survey
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Many Americans use the Internet to find health information but this has no impact on their use of health care services, according to a survey of 4,764 people. Forty percent said they used the Internet to find health information but 94% said the information they found did not affect the number of times they visited a doctor. Only 6% used e-mail to communicate with their doctor.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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