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2011 to 2023 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Obesity Among Children
By the end of the study period, prevalence of obesity was highest among Black, Mexican American, Other Hispanic youth
Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Considerable Proportion of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Claims Involve Cost-Sharing
53, 83, and 27 percent of commercial claims, Medicare Part D claims, and Medicaid claims had out-of-pocket costs >$0
Obesity Linked to Financial Hardship, Food Insecurity
People with obesity also reported greater cost-related medication nonadherence than those with overweight, normal weight
ADHD Medications Remain Linked to Lower Risk for Real-World Adverse Outcomes
Magnitude of these associations decreases alongside increasing prescription rates
Men With Hidradenitis Suppurativa Perceive Better Physician Communication
Female patients perceive that clinicians are significantly worse at demonstrating respect, listening, and explaining concepts
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Low-Fiber Diet With High Red Meat Linked to High-Risk Coronary Plaque Features
Lowest tertile of dietary index associated with high-risk plaque features, with waist circumference, triglycerides, hypertension as possible mediators
1970 to 2022 Saw Decrease in Overall Heart Disease Mortality
Decreases seen in mortality for acute MI, ischemic heart disease, while increases seen for mortality from other heart disease subtypes
