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Instead, the study highlights the need for physicians to closely consider how these interventions interact and to monitor patient progress.

Shruti Javali, a family physician at a clinic in Hanford, Calif., regularly treats patients with advanced cases of San Joaquin Valley fever, a fungal lung infection found mainly in that part of California and Arizona.

“Nobody in there is a physician,” she added, referencing the more than 40 men who comprise the Senate.

Dr. Dugdale is a physician and ethicist at Columbia University and the author of “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.”

"We hope our research will help both the public and physicians understand the connection between PCE exposure and significant liver fibrosis," Lee said.