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Psoriasis is significantly associated with an increased mortality risk

Psoriasis Independently Linked to Increased Mortality Risk

Comorbidities such as CVD, diabetes, COPD, cancer, CKD, and stroke mediate part of the association
For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and high disease activity

Combo Tx May Improve Disease Control for Some in Early RA

Improved disease control, remission, functional capacity for TNF or non-TNF plus methotrexate
Lung cancer screening computed tomography scans can be used to identify smoking-related conditions that frequently are associated with adverse events

CT Scan Screen for Lung Cancer Can ID Smoking-Related Diseases

New diagnoses of CVD, emphysema, osteoporosis identified, often are linked to adverse events
Patient gender and age can be predicted by applying artificial intelligence to an electrocardiogram

Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Patient Gender, Age From ECG

Authors say AI algorithm to determine physiologic age could serve as measure of overall health status
From 2006 to 2016

Prices Spike for Drugs Used to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

2006-2016 Medicare claims show 10.2-fold, 7.2-fold hikes in pharmaceutical, out-of-pocket spending
Hospitalized older adults transferred to a long-term acute care hospital have poor survival

Survival Poor for Elderly Admitted to Long-Term Acute Care Setting

Among older Medicare beneficiaries admitted to LTAC, more than one-third died in an inpatient setting
The combination of smaller and larger infarctions detected in stroke-free individuals in middle age is associated with substantial cognitive decline later in life

Smaller + Larger Infarctions May Escalate Later Cognitive Decline

Cognitive decline associated with only smaller, only larger infarctions did not differ from no infarctions
Polyunsaturated fatty acids have little to no effect on the prevention or treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Have Little, No Impact on Diabetes

Review indicates little to no effect on newly diagnosed diabetes, measures of glucose metabolism
Exposure to opioid maintenance treatment in the womb does not seem to cause additional harm to newborns

Prenatal Exposure to OMT Does Not Worsen Neonatal Outcomes

Growth parameters similar to those for newborns of women with opioid use disorders during pregnancy
Greater acceptance of organs from deceased donors who were older and had comorbidities could provide survival benefits among individuals awaiting kidney transplant in the United States

Rule Changes for Donor Organs Could Increase U.S. Kidney Transplants

Use of French-based allocation model would allow transplant of 62 percent of discarded U.S. kidneys