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Adjustment for subclinical brain disease markers did not reduce link between arterial stiffness, dementia

Proportion of ED visits increased from five years before to after legislation

Delays in seeking care for first major symptom of macrovascular disease, first major diagnostic test

App can cut both severity of advanced cancer patients’ reported pain and hospital admissions

33.8 percent of mandatory pediatric postmarketing studies completed during 6.8 years of follow-up

Cancer detection rate is 8.4/1,000 exams in older women; 98 percent of cancers surgically excised

Lower systolic BP found for those living in areas with public smoke-free policies

Item-reduced version with eight questions instead of 28 accounted for 77 percent of variance

Bone erosions more frequent in those older at early RA onset even if they had clinical remission

DLQI-R allows more patients to achieve threshold for becoming candidates for biologic treatment

Aemcolo not indicated for patients with diarrhea complicated by fever and/or bloody stool

Gamifant first drug to be approved specifically for primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

CDC testing of specimen revealed adenovirus type 7, a strain that may cause more severe illness

Abortions among women ages 15-44 fell 26 percent, from 15.9 to 11.8 abortions per 1,000 women

Taiwanese men exposed to PM_2.5 ≥40.37 µg/m³ have increased risk for oral cancer

Large survey shows patient safety, hospital nursing work environment concerns remain

Declines seen in annual prescriptions per patient, dose per patient, and number of opioid users

Performance for a pneumonia detection tool fell when applied at outside health systems