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Among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Death From Specific Causes Up for Veterans With PTSD

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Significant increases seen in mortality from suicide, accidental injury, viral hepatitis
Among patients at average risk undergoing screening colonoscopies

Colonoscopy Quality Not Affected by Sedation Method

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No difference found in adenoma or polyp detection rates between moderate and deep sedation
Rates of eye examinations within the past two years are generally high among U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 years

Older Americans Generally Current With Eye Exams

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Several significant demographic and socioeconomic differences impact use of eye care
Nonfunctioning adrenal tumors or adenomas causing mild autonomous cortisol excess rarely show clinically relevant changes in size or hormone function

Adrenal Incidentalomas Rarely Grow, Change Hormone Function

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Such tumors may increase risk for comorbid cardiometabolic conditions
Globally

Many Trust Doctors, Nurses Over Other Sources of Health Advice

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Although most people agree that vaccines are safe, the proportion is lower in high-income regions
Implementation of rotavirus vaccination has reduced disease prevalence and season duration in the United States

Rotavirus Vaccine Led to Reduced Disease Prevalence, Season Duration

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In postvaccine period, a biennial pattern emerged with alternating years of high, low disease activity
Children with nonchromosomal birth defects have a higher relative risk for cancer

Nonchromosomal Birth Defects May Up Childhood Cancer Risk

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Study identified 40 significant, specific associations between birth defects and childhood cancer
Anxiety is independently associated with high-cost resource use among individuals with type 2 diabetes

Anxiety With Type 2 Diabetes Tied to High-Cost Health Care Use

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Anxiety and type 2 diabetes related to frequent visits to ED, high costs but not total hospitalization costs
The incidence of infection increases with glucocorticoid dose for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis

Oral Steroids Increase Infection Risk in Inflammatory Disease

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Dose-response effect seen with increased infection risk even at low daily doses of oral glucocorticoids
Transfusion dose density is an independent prognostic factor for progression-free survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes treated with red blood cell transfusions

Transfusion Dose Density Affects Myelodysplastic Syndrome Survival

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Negative effect of transfusion treatment on PFS occurs at density less than 3 units/16 weeks