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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor-associated diabetic ketoacidosis may occur after surgery even in patients with normal or near-normal blood glucose levels

Periop Diabetic Ketoacidosis Seen in Patients on SGLT2 Inhibitors

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Testing for acid load needed in patients with diabetes taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
Former National Football League players have an increased prevalence of atrial fibrillation and slowed cardiac conduction

Former NFL Participation Linked to Increased A-Fib Prevalence

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Former NFL players also had eightfold higher prevalence of paced cardiac rhythms versus controls
Daily self-weighing uptake is considerable among minority subgroups with type 2 diabetes and is associated with year 1 weight loss among African-Americans

Weight Loss Experiences Differ for Minority Groups With T2DM

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Individual session attendance more strongly tied to weight loss in Hispanics, African-Americans
Compared with the general population

Cancer Risks Examined in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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Increased incidences found for lymphoma, lung cancer (in male patients), and cervical cancer
Metformin use is associated with a substantially lower risk for dementia among younger African-American patients with diabetes compared with sulfonylurea initiation

Metformin May Lower Dementia Risk in Black Patients With T2DM

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Findings strongest in younger African-American patients aged 50 to 64 years
With cesarean deliveries

Tissue Adhesive, Sterile Strips Similar After Cesarean Section

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No difference seen between groups in risk for wound complications after closure of Pfannenstiel incision
More patients suffer cardiac arrest in U.S. hospitals each year than previously estimated -- with rates 38 percent greater for adults and 18 percent greater for children

In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in the U.S. May Be Underestimated

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Authors say that cardiac arrest is a 'major public health problem'
Among patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis resistant to previous therapy with biologic agents

Filgotinib Bests Placebo in Tx of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Clinical response rate higher among patients with active RA resistant to treatment with biologic agents
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening pregnant women for hepatitis B virus infection at their first prenatal visit (A recommendation). This recommendation forms the basis of an updated final recommendation statement published in the July 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Reaffirms Benefit of Hep B Screening in Pregnant Women

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USPSTF continues to recommend screening for HBV infection in pregnant women at the first prenatal visit
From 2001 to 2017

2001 to 2017 Saw Increase in Suicides in African-American Teens

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Male teens were most likely to use firearms or hang/suffocate themselves to commit suicide