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<loc>https://www.medboundtimes.com/medicine/ai-cancer-survivorship-supportive-care</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Survivors will interact with an AI companion while the study team and clinicians monitor trends, risk scores and alerts through a dedicated dashboard. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Frank Penedo, Ph.D., director of Sylvester’s Survivorship and Supportive Care Institute.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ About 100 people protested changes to Medicaid in July at the Montana Capitol in Helena. Montana is among three states that have adopted Medicaid work requirements months ahead of the federal deadline. The new rules have confused some Montanans on Medicaid, and critics say that confusion will lead to people unnecessarily losing coverage. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rep. Mary Caferro, a Democrat in the Montana House, spoke at a July rally at the Montana Capitol in Helena, criticizing the state’s expedited rollout of Medicaid work requirements. She’s among several Democrats who pushed for the state to delay implementing the rules until the Jan. 1 federal deadline. ]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.medboundtimes.com/medicine/hibernating-bacteria-can-invade-hospitals-and-survive-outer-space</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The cost of building a spore falls unevenly.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A sporulating bacterium is not only spending energy.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bacteria enter this state of hibernation when environmental conditions are unfavorable. ]]></image:caption>
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