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From 1999 to 2016 there was a significant increase in suicide rates across 44 states

1999 to 2016 Saw Increase in Suicide Rates Across Most States

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Significant increases in rates in 44 states, with increases of more than 30 percent in 25 states
Mobile health technology can potentially improve overall cardiovascular disease risk

Some Evidence Mobile Health Interventions Can Lower CVD Risk

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mHealth programs generally improve overall cardiovascular disease risk, at least in the short term

Digestive Disease Week, June 2-5

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Digestive Disease Week 2018 The Digestive Disease Week annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological...
Medicare's approach to adjust for use of novel oncology therapies in value-based oncology programs provides financial protection for some high-use practices

Adjusting for Novel Therapy Use Key to Value-Based Programs

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Evaluation of Medicare's Oncology Care Model shows adjustment offers financial protection
More time spent in education seems to be a causal risk factor for myopia

Time Spent in Education Is Causal Risk Factor for Myopia

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University graduate would be ≥−1 dioptre more myopic than someone leaving school at 16
For gay and bisexual men

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Linked to Drop in Condom Use

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Findings among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney from 2013 to 2017
Females with head and neck cancer (HNC) are less likely to receive intensive chemotherapy and radiation

ASCO: Undertreatment Seen for Women With Head & Neck Cancer

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Female patients are less likely to receive intensive chemo, radiation; increased risk for death from HNC
Overall survival is increased for African-American men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer versus Caucasian men treated with docetaxel/prednisone (DP) or a DP-containing regimen

ASCO: Overall Survival Up for African-American Men With mCRPC

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Improved survival versus Caucasian men treated with docetaxel/prednisone, DP-containing regimen
Individuals with diagnosed diabetes have more rapid kidney function decline than those without diabetes

More Rapid Decline in Kidney Function for Diagnosed Diabetes

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Much steeper decline in adjusted mean eGFR for those with diagnosed diabetes versus those without
Respiratory pathogens are associated with increased risk of treatment failure in children with asthma exacerbations

Respiratory Pathogens May Up Treatment Failure Risk in Asthma

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Increased risk of treatment failure for children with asthma exacerbations presenting to the ER