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Cardiac radiation dose exposure is a modifiable cardiac risk factor for major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Cardiac Radiation Dose in NSCLC Predicts Mortality, Cardiac AEs

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In coronary heart disease-negative patients, mean heart dose associated with all-cause mortality
Drug- and alcohol-related mortality is significantly higher than expected in the seven years following bariatric surgery

Drug- and Alcohol-Related Deaths Higher After Bariatric Surgery

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Standardized mortality rates from substance use higher after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
There is an increased risk for behavioral problems in children of mothers with epilepsy who take common antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy

Prenatal Antiepileptic Rx Exposure Ups Risk for Behavioral Issues

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Findings seen among Dutch children exposed to one of four common antiepileptic drugs in utero
Following implementation of an opioid-sparing pain management strategy

Opioid-Sparing Strategy Still Provides Good Pain Control

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Patients surveyed following surgery and only a small 'rescue' opioid Rx postop
After adjustment for nonbiological differences

Black Race Not Tied to Worse Prostate Cancer Mortality

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Findings seen in cohorts of men with nonmetastatic disease after adjusting for nonbiological differences
The majority of young heart attack patients with familial hypercholesterolemia still have elevated cholesterol levels a year later

More Aggressive Statin Tx Needed After Heart Attack in Young Patients

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Majority of patients with heart attack <50 years still have high cholesterol one year later
Compared with insulin glargine

ADA: Combo Injectable Controls Blood Glucose Longer in T2DM

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Findings seen for initial injectable therapy with insulin degludec plus liraglutide versus insulin glargine
From 2008 to 2017

CDC: Prevalence of Meeting Exercise Guidelines Recently Increased

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Despite increase, overall prevalence remains low
Among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients who could be treated in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a non-ICU unit

ICU Care for STEMI Associated With Improved Mortality Rates

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Findings seen in patients who could have been treated in either the ICU or non-ICU unit
Women with eating disorders experience persistently greater depressive symptoms across the life-course

Depression Symptoms Greater in Mothers With Prior Eating Disorders

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Findings based on long-term follow-up from 18th week of pregnancy to 18 years postnatal