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Known factors explain 65.3 percent of excess SCD risk in African-Americans, especially women

Odds of meeting all three recommendations vary by age, race/ethnicity, BMI, marijuana use

No evidence seen for benefits of pancreatic cancer screening, treatment of screen-detected cancer

IPV victims underwent more imaging studies in preceding five years than controls

Protocol that specifies how often to assess dry weight tied to lower all-cause, CVD mortality

Estimated difference in test scores 0.45 after adjustment for variables such as socioeconomic status

Doctors who violate the proposed law could be disciplined by the state’s medical board

Patients who had supracondylar humerus fracture sx used less than 25 percent of prescribed drugs

Cirrhosis patients with ascites or hepatic encephalopathy are more likely to experience frailty

But no increased mortality risk with high physical activity levels, CAC of ≥100 Agatston units

Safety, tolerability through 24 months was consistent with 12-month tofacitinib analysis

In crashes, unrestrained drivers have higher probability of having unrestrained young passengers

Likelihood of having three or more severe maternal morbidity indicators greater with invasive infertility tx

Prior e-cigarette use tied to increased risk for cigarette initiation and use, especially for low-risk teens

Total of 4,381 reports of adverse events during first eight months of use; 3 percent were serious

Swallowable sampling device combined with methylation biomarker panel IDs Barrett esophagus

Incidence up for six of 12 obesity-related cancers; steeper increase in successively younger generations

Hardships greatest among younger cancer survivors versus patients without cancer history

Changes recommended to influenza vaccine, hepatitis A and B vaccines

Clinically normal women exhibit higher entorhinal cortical tau, which is linked to higher Aβ burden