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Patient-reported toxicity scores more associated with quality-of-life outcomes than clinician-reported scores

Considerable increase seen from 1997 through 2016, especially in direct-to-consumer advertising

Evidence convincing that universal prenatal screening reduces perinatal transmission of HBV

Health expenditure greater for person with two diseases simultaneously than for the diseases separately

DeepGestalt technology better than doctors at identifying a range of genetic syndromes

Reductions in BP from exercise comparable but not as great as from medications

Survivors have 14-fold increased risk for developing a solid subsequent malignant neoplasm

Hand-held device used in this study. Photo: DELOS Study Group. Peak flow meter handheld device useful for adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

But nearly 20 percent think they are food-allergic; shellfish, milk, peanut are most common allergies

Higher suicide rates observed for cancers with poor prognosis, including pancreatic, lung cancer

Fewer patients admitted to hospital for MI, cardiac arrest, stroke working at three years postevent

Quadrivalent live attenuated flu vaccine less effective than inactivated vaccine for influenza A/H1N1pdm09

Frequency of chronic migraines significantly reduced after three months; QoL improved

Sexual function improved for gabapentin vs. placebo, but still lower than among matched pain-free controls

Increased risk seen with income volatility, more income drops during formative earning years

Flu-positive patients have higher crude mortality and critical illness versus flu-negative patients

Use of provider report, medication possession ratio improved ID of nonadherence in youth with CKD

Treatment with rituximab linked to lower Expanded Disability Status Scale score, delayed progression

Universal mini-pool nucleic acid testing only during high mosquito activity cost-effective in Puerto Rico

Risk greatest with higher-dose opioids and opioids with immunosuppressive properties