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Genomic testing reached 38% of Ohio Medicaid women with ER-positive early breast cancer
Among 1,988 Ohio Medicaid patients with early ER-positive breast cancer, 37.8% received Oncotype DX or MammaPrint within six months, with receipt lower for regional than localised disease (aOR 0.35).
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access contradicts
Despair did not explain rising midlife mortality among white US adults
Among US adults aged 45-54 between 1999 and 2015, death rates rose for white adults, but the 0.13% rise in reported despair did not track that increase.
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access refines
Not-for-profit Australian care homes had lower mortality in inner regional areas
Among 205,079 Australians entering long-term care, deaths in the first year were higher in for-profit (HR 1.17) and government (HR 1.20) homes than not-for-profit homes in inner regional areas.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine refines
AI reading breast pathology slides identified which patients gained from chemotherapy
Applied to 6,735 TAILORx trial patients without retraining, an AI model reading pathology slides identified intermediate-risk patients who gained 5 percentage points in five-year disease-free interval from chemotherapy.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Scottish children in care had higher rates of mental health hospitalisation
In linked Scottish health and social care records, care-experienced girls had 3.22 times the risk of a first mental health admission, and boys 2.64 times, compared with the general population.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use refines
Former US service members die more often of alcohol, drugs or suicide than civilians
Among 176,719 deaths at ages 18-64 in Massachusetts and Minnesota, alcohol, drug and suicide causes accounted for 12% and 7% more of former service members' deaths than of non-military deaths.
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Health todayCancer new
Air pollution before surgery was associated with higher mortality in gastric cancer
In 4,441 patients operated on for stage I-III gastric cancer in China, each standard-deviation rise in PM2.5 before surgery carried 15% higher all-cause mortality and 31% higher gastric cancer mortality.
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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources refines
Austrian mortality in 2024 was at or below 2019 at every age over 60
Austrian all-cause mortality in 2024 was equal to or lower than in 2019 at every age over 60, despite 1,212 COVID-19 deaths recorded in the year.
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Health todayCancer new
Aumolertinib with radiotherapy gave 34 months progression-free in EGFR-mutant lung cancer
In a trial stopped early, aumolertinib with radiotherapy gave median progression-free survival of 34.0 months against 7.4 months for chemotherapy with radiotherapy in EGFR-mutated stage III lung cancer.
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access confirms
US life expectancy ranked 38th in 2023 and the gap has widened
US life expectancy ranked 38th in 2023, with the gap against 16 high-income countries widening and rising death rates concentrated at younger and working ages.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine confirms
AI models predict death after hip fracture, but external validation is inconsistent
A review of 40 studies from 2010 to 2026 found machine learning models predicting outcomes after hip fracture discriminated moderately to strongly, though external validation was inconsistent.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health confirms
Modelled 95% measles coverage in Kenya averts 879 deaths beyond current funding
A Markov model of Kenyan birth cohorts estimated that 95% coverage of both measles doses would avert 879 more deaths over ten years than maintaining current funding.
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