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Women with normal-weight central obesity have increased mortality risk compared with normal weight women with no central obesity

Mortality Up in Women With Central Obesity, Regardless of BMI

Normal weight with central obesity tied to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality
Online symptom self-management plus clinician telecare can be effective for individuals with pain

Online Symptom Self-Management + Telehealth Aids Pain, Mood

Collaborative care led by a nurse-physician team with web-based self-management better than self-management alone
Daily electronic-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prolonged regular cigarette smoking abstinence

Daily E-Cigarette Use May Increase Prolonged Cigarette Abstinence

No association for nondaily e-cigarette use with prolonged regular cigarette smoking abstinence
Vitamin D3 supplementation can improve glucose metabolism in patients at high risk of diabetes or with newly-diagnosed diabetes

Vitamin D Supplementation Beneficial for Glucose Metabolism

Benefits on peripheral insulin sensitivity, disposition index for those at-risk or newly-diagnosed with T2DM
For postmenopausal women with low sexual desire causing distress

Review Supports Testosterone for Low Sexual Desire in Women

Beneficial effects for postmenopausal women, with preference for nonoral testosterone administration
JUUL developed its electronic cigarette for adult smokers who want to stop and never intended it to be adopted by underage teenagers

JUUL E-Cigarettes Never Meant for Teens, Company Cofounder Says

Top executive for JUUL Labs testified this week before Congress
For aging men with low testosterone levels

Testosterone Replacement Therapy May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

Increased risk in men on TRT for composite of heart attack, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack
Since publication of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans in 2008

Adherence to Aerobic Activity Guidelines Not Up Since 2008

Over time, significant increase seen in the time spent on sedentary behavior among U.S. adults
For patients with mental health disorders

Outpatient Service Receipt Down After Medicaid Disenrollment

Decrease in likelihood of receiving any outpatient service among adults with mental health disorders
A considerable proportion of men who have sex with men

Some Men at Risk for HIV Do Not Live Near PrEP Provider

Thirteen percent of PrEP-eligible men who have sex with men live in 30-minute-drive deserts