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Lorcaserin facilitates sustained weight loss without increasing the rate of major cardiovascular events among overweight or obese patients

Lorcaserin Facilitates Weight Loss in Overweight, Obese

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Increased weight loss versus placebo with no rise in rate of extended major cardiovascular events
Many countries are falling short on targets to reduce mortality from non-communicable diseases

Many Countries Failing on Non-Communicable Dz Death Targets

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For women and men, 35 and 30 countries expected to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
Symptoms of burnout and career choice regret are prevalent among U.S. resident physicians

Burnout, Career Choice Regret Prevalent in U.S. Residents

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Considerable variation according to specialty for both burnout symptoms, career choice regret
Physician-group accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated significantly more savings for Medicare that grew from 2012 to 2015 compared with hospital-integrated ACOs

Physician-Group ACOs Generate Medicare Savings

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Savings grow with longer participation and are significantly higher than hospital-integrated ACOs
From 2013 to 2016

In 2016, Proportion of Uninsured Americans Down to 10 Percent

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Larger reductions in uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states, from 15.3 to 7.6 percent
The prevalence of diabetes was 14.0 percent among U.S. adults in 2013 to 2016

Total Diabetes at 14 Percent in U.S. Adults for 2013-2016

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Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes 9.7 and 4.3 percent; prevalence increased with age
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
Every nine minutes

Dozens of Medical Groups Join Forces to Improve Diagnoses

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Diagnostic error is the most common cause of medical errors that patients report
A considerable proportion of clinicians and patients report having recorded a clinic visit for the patient's personal use

Some Clinicians, Patients Record Clinic Visits for Patient Use

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Overall, 28.3 percent of clinicians and 18.7 percent of public report recording clinic visits
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) variability may be a more powerful predictor of all-cause mortality with type 2 diabetes than average HbA1c

HbA1c Variability Is a Strong Predictor of Mortality in T2DM

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HbA1c variability is a powerful, independent measure, regardless of how it is measured