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Gender nonconformity is associated with mental distress for female and male students

Gender Nonconformity Linked to Students’ Mental Distress

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For male students, gender nonconformity strongly associated with substance use
For overweight/obese veterans with prediabetes

Participation Up With Online Diabetes Prevention Program

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But weight loss no different for online, in-person DPP for obese/overweight veterans with prediabetes
There is variation in the net clinical benefit of anticoagulants based on variation in published atrial fibrillation stroke rates

Net Benefit of Anticoagulants for A-Fib Varies With Stroke Rate

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Benefit of warfarin anticoagulation varies with varying published stroke rates
New risk factors have been identified for varicose vein disease

New Risk Factors Identified for Varicose Vein Disease

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Mendelian randomization analysis provides evidence that increased height causally tied to varicose veins
Emergency department interpreters are vital to quality care

Interpreter Services Critical for Emergency Care

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Authors recommend professional interpreter when practical if patient has limited English proficiency
Using actigraphy as a measure of sleep

Actigraphy May Overestimate Sleep in ICU Setting

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Wide ranges of sleep quality and quantity with use of actigraphy among critically ill patients in ICU
Since at least 1979

Mortality for Unintentional Drug Poisonings Up Since 1979

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Trajectory of overall mortality rate smooth; no exponential trajectories in rates for individual drugs
Currently

Most Breast Cancer Diagnoses Given Over the Phone

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This represents a reversal, with in-person diagnoses more common before 2006
Patient-reported experiences at dialysis facilities vary by patient

Patients Report Poorer Dialysis Service in Certain Settings

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For-profit, free-standing facilities, large-chain facilities tied to lower patient scores
Brain iron at quantitative magnetic resonance imaging is associated with disability in multiple sclerosis

Brain Iron on MRI Linked to Disability in Multiple Sclerosis

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Lower thalamic susceptibility, higher susceptibility of the globus pallidus linked to clinical disability