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In the first six months of 2018

CDC: 8.8 Percent Uninsured in U.S. in First Half of 2018

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12.5 percent of adults aged 18-64 years and 4.4 percent of children aged 0-17 years uninsured
Coverage for adult obesity care improved substantially in Medicaid and state employee insurance programs between 2009 and 2017

Insurance Coverage for Adult Obesity Care Increasing

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Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017
Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines

Name-Brand Medications Driving Spike in U.S. Drug Spending

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Greatest costs for Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Novolog, and Neulasta
Data from patient- and family-reported error narratives indicate that problems related to patient-physician interactions are major contributors to diagnostic errors

Patient Experiences Shed Light on Diagnostic Errors

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Problems related to patient-physician interactions contribute to diagnostic errors
For patients with diabetes mellitus with multivessel coronary disease

AHA: Lasting Benefit for CABG in Diabetes, Multivessel Disease

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Lower all-cause mortality in CABG group versus PCI-DES group after median follow-up of 7.5 years
Low dietary carbohydrate intake is associated with increased energy expenditure during weight-loss maintenance

Low-Carbohydrate Diets Linked to Increase in Calories Burned

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Total energy expenditure is greater for those on a low- or moderate-carb diet during weight-loss maintenance
More than one-third of Americans have prediabetes

CDC: Many Americans May Have Prediabetes and Not Know It

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AMA, CDC launch a campaign to raise awareness about prediabetes
For patients with prediabetes who are randomly assigned to interventions

Changes in Risk Indicators of MetS Severity Tied to T2DM Risk

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For patients with prediabetes, changes in risk indicators during intervention tied to T2DM, CVD risk
By collecting data on suicides by medical students

AMA to Collect Data on Suicide Among Doctors-in-Training

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Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem
Denosumab

Denosumab Promising for TDT-Induced Osteoporosis Treatment

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Higher percentage increase of L1 to L4 and wrist bone mineral density with DMN, reduction in pain