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This week’s News and Numbers is about hospitalizations for men. Male hospital patients are more likely than female patients to have a number of serious conditions, including heart attacks, alcohol-related mental disorders, alcohol-related liver disease, hepatitis, and injuries.
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A new study compares drugs for osteoporosis. A new drug to treat severe osteoporosis in women may not be worth its cost of 7 and a half times more than an older drug.
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And antiviral medicines can be effective in reducing illness from the flu but are underused. A new study found that primary care doctors only prescribe antivirals to about 15 percent of their patients with the flu.
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