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Stigmatizing language may transmit bias, influence trainees’ attitudes

Toxicant exposure to tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine lower, but still substantial, compared to cigarettes

Patients use just over half of initial prescription; highest percentage of unused meds for cystectomy

Pharmacists can suggest adjustments for meds taken several times per day, those affected by food intake

Combination of TTNtv, excess alcohol consumption linked to worse LVEF in dilated cardiomyopathy

Majority of emergency doctors rely on gold standard testing in addition to point of care ultrasound

Findings based on year-long evaluation of safety and efficacy for moderate-to-severe symptoms

Decline in birth rates for nearly all women aged under 40 years; increase for women in early 40s

Most eligible smokers populated in South, which had most screening sites but low screening rate

Magnitude of benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors sex-dependent for patients with advanced cancers

Inverse association between AMED, DASH, AHEI-2010 diet scores with risk of hearing loss for women

Benefits of seafood consumption include reduced risk of cardiac death, coronary heart disease, stroke

Moderate-to-high intensity exercise ups physical fitness but does not slow cognitive decline in dementia

Superior to terbutaline with respect to asthma control, non-inferior to budesonide for exacerbations

High-certainty evidence for protection in adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 26 years

Per-person diabetes-attributable costs ranged from $374 in New Mexico to $1,610 in Washington, D.C.

However, combination is associated with increased risk of major hemorrhage within 90 days

Lucemyra is an oral selective alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist

Low screening rate seen at same time as increase in hepatitis C virus prevalence among pregnant women