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A peer-to-peer depression awareness program is associated with improved knowledge and attitudes about depression among high school students

Peer-to-Peer Program Tied to Improved Depression Awareness

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After program started at 10 high schools, students had improved knowledge, attitudes about depression
The J-shaped correlation seen for body mass index with cardiovascular disease risk is susceptible to confounding due to pre-existing comorbidities

BMI As Predictor of CVD Risk May Be More Susceptible to Bias

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For four other measures of adiposity, increasing adiposity linked to more linear increase in CVD risk
Dose escalation from 70.2 to 79.2 Gy is not associated with improved overall survival in intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Dose-Escalated Radn Does Not Up Survival in Localized Prostate CA

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No improvement in overall survival; no difference in cumulative rate of distant metastases
Children aged younger than 3 years seem to have increased risk of complications following tonsillectomy compared with children aged 3 years or older

Risk of Post-Tonsillectomy Complications Up for Under-3s

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Increased risk of complications, complications within 24 hours of surgery, compared with older children
The burden of Trichomonas vaginalis infection is disproportionately high among blacks in the United States

Higher Burden of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection in U.S. Blacks

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Positive association for TV infection prevalence with female sex, black race, being below poverty level
For pregnant women with type 1 diabetes

Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery Promising in T1DM Pregnancy

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Comparable glucose control, less hypoglycemia vs. sensor-augmented pump tx in pregnant women
Culturally sensitive education and stakeholder engagement are critical to increase participation in community screening for chronic kidney disease among African-Americans

Patient, Logistical Factors Limit CKD Screening Among Blacks

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However, culturally sensitive education, engagement can up community screening
Reduced cortical thickness is seen in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) versus controls

Reduced Cortical Thickness ID’d in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Female OSA patients had multiple regions of reduced cortical thickness in superior frontal lobe
For patients with obtunded blunt trauma to the cervical spine

No Benefit for MRI After Normal Cervical CT in Blunt Trauma

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MRI had lower health benefit and higher cost compared with no follow-up after normal CT findings
The hemodynamic parameters transpulmonary gradient

Hemodynamic Parameters Predict Outcome in PH-HFpEF

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Tied to mortality, hospitalization in pulmonary hypertension in HF with preserved ejection fraction