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2011 to 2023 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Obesity Among Children
By the end of the study period, prevalence of obesity was highest among Black, Mexican American, Other Hispanic youth
2023 to 2024 COVID-19 Vaccine Provided Additional Effectiveness
Vaccine effective against emergency department and urgent care encounters, hospitalizations, critical illness
Judge Blocks Layoffs at U.S. Health Department
No Link Found for Preprocedural Fasting and Witnessed Pulmonary Aspiration
Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Men With Hidradenitis Suppurativa Perceive Better Physician Communication
Female patients perceive that clinicians are significantly worse at demonstrating respect, listening, and explaining concepts
ADHD Medications Remain Linked to Lower Risk for Real-World Adverse Outcomes
Magnitude of these associations decreases alongside increasing prescription rates
Obesity Linked to Financial Hardship, Food Insecurity
People with obesity also reported greater cost-related medication nonadherence than those with overweight, normal weight
Considerable Proportion of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Claims Involve Cost-Sharing
53, 83, and 27 percent of commercial claims, Medicare Part D claims, and Medicaid claims had out-of-pocket costs >$0
Thresholds for Preop Serum Calcitonin Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection Incidence Increased in 2024
M. pneumoniae infections in 2024 not more severe than those in 2018 to 2023