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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
Social media alerts driven by wastewater data did not raise seasonal vaccination
A county-randomised trial across 40 New York State counties found that an 11-week campaign of wastewater-triggered social media alerts made no difference to COVID-19 or influenza vaccination over the season.
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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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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Empagliflozin's lower cardiovascular risk is similar across social groups in Medicare
In US Medicare claims, empagliflozin initiators aged 65 and over had a hazard ratio of 0.77 for major cardiovascular events against DPP-4 inhibitors, with no variation by social group.
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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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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping confirms
Current smokers had twice the odds of missing lung screening follow-up
In a Japanese community programme, 19.3% of abnormal low-dose CT screens had no documented follow-up within a year, with current smokers at twice the odds of former smokers.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
GLP-1 users with obesity and raised CRP died less often, with heart attacks unchanged
In 50,009 matched pairs with obesity and raised CRP, death, heart attack and stroke combined were lower with GLP-1 exposure (HR 0.80), almost entirely through fewer deaths (HR 0.61).
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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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Health todayHeart and stroke refines
Swings in blood pressure between visits carry higher abdominal aortic aneurysm risk
Among 189,770 UK Biobank participants, those with the most variable systolic readings had 33% to 54% higher risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm than those with the steadiest readings.
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Tomorrow's worldMedicine at a distance refines
Exercise-based telerehabilitation raised peak oxygen uptake in cardiac patients
Telerehabilitation with exercise at its core raised peak oxygen uptake by 2.58 mL/kg/min in 13 randomised trials of 958 adults with cardiovascular disease, although the prediction interval crossed zero.
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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 systemsWhat linked data reveals refines
Whole-genome sequencing found a single-gene cause in 4.9% of kidney anomaly patients
Whole-genome sequencing of 1,052 UK 100,000 Genomes participants with congenital kidney and urinary tract anomalies found a single-gene cause in 4.9%, rising to 11.1% in those with cystic kidney dysplasia.
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