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One in five patients with adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa have a chronic eating disorder 30 years later

Majority of Teens With Eating Disorders Recover

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Teens with slightly older age at anorexia onset have better chance of full recovery
Use of a progressive muscle relaxation smartphone app is associated with a reduction in headache days among adults with migraines

Progressive Muscle Relaxation App Tied to Fewer Migraines

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But patients with depression scores were less likely to use either a headache diary or the app
For older patients with blood cancers

Gait Speed Is Prognostic in Older Patients With Blood Cancer

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Decrease in gait speed linked to higher mortality, increased odds of unplanned hospitalization, ED use
Midlife type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk for cerebral infarction and cerebral artery occlusion in late life

Midlife Type 2 Diabetes May Up Later Risk for Cerebral Infarction

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Genetic, early-life familial environmental factors seem not to contribute to link
Recipient overall survival is similar for overdose-death donor (ODD) and non-ODD cardiac transplants

Overdose-Death Donor Hearts Suitable for Transplant

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Proportion of cardiac transplantations from ODDs increased; no difference seen in terms of overall survival
Children of men with testicular germ-cell cancer have a modestly increased risk for congenital malformation

Testicular Cancer Treatment Does Not Up Risk for Offspring Birth Defects

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No increased risk seen at posttreatment in children of fathers with testicular germ-cell cancer
Fewer U.S. Army personnel have ideal cardiovascular health compared with their peers in the civilian population

Cardiovascular Health Poorer in Army Personnel Than Civilians

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Prevalence of ideal blood pressure lower in U.S. Army personnel versus NHANES respondents
For middle-aged adults

Increase in CV Mortality Smaller With Medicaid Expansion

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Counties in states that expanded Medicaid had significantly smaller increase in cardiovascular mortality
There seems to be no evidence of a legacy effect or mortality benefit for intensive glucose control among military veterans with type 2 diabetes

No Evidence of Legacy Effect Seen for Intensive Glucose Lowering

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Findings based on 15-year follow-up study conducted among veterans with type 2 diabetes
Fragmentation profiles of cell-free DNA can differentiate between patients with cancer and healthy controls

Fragmentation Profiles of Cell-Free DNA Can Detect Cancer

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Combined with mutation-based cell-free DNA analyses, 91 percent of cancer patients identified