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For overweight and obese individuals

Cardiometabolic Disease Staging Score Quantifies Diabetes Risk

CMDS can predict the effectiveness of weight-loss therapy for preventing diabetes in overweight/obese
About half of U.S. doctors received payments from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in 2015

Half of U.S. Doctors Receive Payments From Industry

And, market share for brand-name drugs down at hospitals with sales restrictions
Older patients are at greater risk for hip fractures for two weeks after they start taking prescription sleeping pills

New Rx for Sleeping Pills Can Up Risk of Hip Fracture

New users of sleep aids have fracture rate 2.5 times greater than peers not taking these drugs
While the overall mortality rate among black Americans dropped 25 percent between 1999 and 2015

CDC: Mortality Rate for Black Americans Drops 25 Percent

But CDC report also found they're still more likely to die at an earlier age than whites
Gender differences in depression diagnosis and symptoms start to appear around the age of 12

Gender Differences in Depression Tend to Appear About Age 12

Still unclear why more women than men affected by the disorder, researcher says
Going gluten-free when there's no medical need to do so won't boost cardiovascular health -- and might even harm it

Gluten-Free Diet Not Healthy for Patients Without Celiac Disease

Consuming low levels of dietary gluten may increase risk of coronary heart disease
Thunderstorms can trigger asthma outbreaks

Thunderstorms Can Trigger Asthma Attacks

Weather forecasts may help public and emergency workers in preparation
Alternate-day fasting does not produce superior weight loss or weight maintenance compared with daily calorie restriction

Alternate-Day Fasting Not More Effective for Weight Loss

Weight loss similar to conventional calorie-restriction diet, researchers find
Regularly taking low-dose aspirin appears to protect women from hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer

Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

Protective link particularly significant for hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative cancer
Consuming seven or more alcoholic drinks a week appears to raise a black woman's risk of breast cancer

Alcohol Linked to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in Black Women

Black women who have at least seven drinks/week at greater risk for nearly all subtypes of breast cancer