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Influenza-Linked Hospitalization Rate High in 2024 to 2025 Flu Season

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Cumulative influenza-associated hospitalization rate surpassed end-of-season rates during period starting with 2010 to 2011 season

Smoking Tied to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

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People with a genetic susceptibility to developing diabetes may be more vulnerable to the adverse effects of smoking

Weight-Loss Surgery Bests Medical Weight Management for Obesity-Related Risk Mitigation

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Significantly lower risk seen for developing major metabolic comorbidities

Long COVID Linked to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

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Higher serum 5α-dihydrotestosterone and lower endometrial androgen receptors seen in long COVID

GLP-1 RAs Cost-Effective Versus Usual Care for Knee OA, Obesity

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Tirzepatide offers more favorable return on investment, but greater benefits seen at lower costs for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

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Without Biannual Time Shift, Prevalence of Obesity, Stroke May Be Reduced

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Modeling study shows decrease in prevalence of both obesity and stroke under Standard Time, Daylight Saving Time versus current policy

Over-the-Counter Naloxone Shows Limited Uptake

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Sales are a fraction of pharmacy-dispensed and program-distributed naloxone

Suicidal Ideation Risk Elevated for Patients With Atopic Eczema

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Key predictors of suicidal ideation included younger age and obesity, as well as pruritus, skin pain, symptom intensity

Self-Sufficiency Regained Immediately in Most Patients After Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery

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Second study shows uncorrected visual acuity, spherical equivalent refraction as good or better with immediate versus delayed bilateral cataract surgery

Pilocarpine-Diclofenac Eye Drops Tied to Improvement in Presbyopia

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Significant improvement seen in uncorrected near visual acuity with pilocarpine-diclofenac eye drops at concentrations of 1, 2, and 3 percent

AI Algorithm Predicts Progression of Keratoconus

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Multimodal convolutional neural network achieved highest predictive performance, with ROC-AUC of 0.90

Many Clinicians Not Comfortable With Hormone Therapy in Patients With History of Gynecologic Cancer

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Findings show discomfort primarily exists among gynecologists seeing patients with a history of endometrial or epithelial ovarian cancer

Risk for Anal Cancer Elevated Among Women With History of Cervical Cancer

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Anal cancer rates increased with age and over time, with highest rate among women aged 65 to 74 years

Half Discontinue Semaglutide for Weight Loss Within One Year

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Factors tied to discontinuation included younger age, male sex, socioeconomic deprivation, higher comorbidity level

Nicotine Pouch Use May Be a Harm Reduction Strategy

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Non-Hispanic White men the most likely to report having used the product