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Greatest shift to cancer as leading cause of death seen in highest-income counties in United States

Risk still up after adjustment for sociodemographics, comorbidity, behavioral measures of health

For patients with prediabetes, changes in risk indicators during intervention tied to T2DM, CVD risk

Intervention included educational deprescribing information to patients, physicians

252 patients currently under investigation for AFM, an increase of 33 patients since last week

More than 4,300 blood drives needed to stop the shortage from continuing throughout the winter

LDL-C should be reduced with high-intensity or maximally tolerated statin therapy

Company is also shutting down Facebook and Instagram accounts in the United States

Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem

Most of those cases were Lyme disease

Among college football players, number, severity of head impacts may affect risk for concussion

Efforts needed in implementing routine assessments of needs, facilitating personalized referrals

Deep learning model achieved 82 percent specificity, 100 percent sensitivity 75.8 months prediagnosis

EHR usability issues contribute to 36 percent of med errors; 18.8 percent may have caused harm

Treatment resulted in lower HF hospitalization rate in patients with, without atherosclerosis

Second study shows no significant results for vitamin D supplementation versus placebo

Summative limb strength score decreased from initial examination to last follow-up with fluoxetine

Guidelines provide information on types, amounts of exercise for different population groups

Deaths include 163 confirmed Ebola cases, 35 probable cases