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Coronary risk scores for predicting major adverse cardiac events in patients with possible acute coronary syndrome perform well when using a cardiac troponin I cut-off below the 99th percentile

Coronary Risk Scores Accurate When Used With Low cTnI

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Accuracy of HEART and EDACS improved when using low cardiac troponin I cut-offs
A single prostate-specific antigen screening is not associated with a significant difference in prostate cancer mortality after follow-up of 10 years

Single PSA Screening Doesn’t Cut Prostate Cancer Mortality

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But screening is associated with increased detection of low-risk prostate cancer
Opioid treatment is not superior to non-opioid treatment for improving pain-related function over 12 months

Opioids Don’t Top Non-Opioids for Pain-Related Function

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Findings in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic back pain, hip or knee osteoarthritis pain
Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult patients living with HIV who have not responded to other antiretroviral medications.

FDA Approves New Medication for Drug-Resistant HIV

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Trogarzo is given intravenously once every 14 days in combination with other antiretrovirals
Strong state firearm policies are associated with lower firearm suicide rates and lower homicide rates

Strong State Firearm Policies, Lower Firearm Suicide Rate Tied

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Counties with low home state, interstate scores had higher firearm homicide rates, overall homicide rate
A substantial proportion of acute transfers from nursing facilities to hospitals are potentially avoidable

Determining ‘Avoidability’ of Nursing Home Transfers Complex

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Patients' symptoms, risk conditions found to be only weakly predictive of hospital diagnoses
The global costs of diabetes are high and will increase substantially by 2030

Global Costs of Diabetes Will Continue Rising Through 2030

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Global economic burden will not decrease, even if international targets are met
Other dietary components have a minimal impact on attenuating the adverse association of dietary sodium with blood pressure

Dietary Constituents Minimally Attenuate Sodium-BP Link

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Sodium-BP link persisted after controlling for 13 macronutrients, 12 vitamins, 7 minerals
Adolescents smoking electronic-cigarettes only have significantly higher excretion of volatile organic chemical compounds than non-smokers

Excretion of Volatile Organic Compounds Up in Teen E-Smokers

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Excretion of metabolites of acrylonitrile, acrolein, propylene oxide, acrylamide, crotonaldehyde up
Gender minority Medicare beneficiaries have larger disability and mental health burdens than the general Medicare population

Gender Minorities Have Greater Mental Illness, Disability

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Among Medicare beneficiaries, gender minorities use more mental health care, visit ER more often