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Tomorrow's worldMedicine at a distance confirms
Telehealth-supported hepatitis C care was modelled to cost 69% less than specialist care
A cost model of the Cherokee Nation's hepatitis C programme, in which specialists advised primary care providers by video, put care at $1412 per patient against $4534 under specialist-based care.
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Tomorrow's worldChanging behaviour at scale new
Smartphone CBT game improved depression symptoms and adherence against a waitlist
In 148 adults with residual symptoms on antidepressants, a smartphone CBT game with optional online modules improved depressive symptoms (d = 0.74) and medication adherence (d = 0.46) against a waitlist.
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping new
Quit rates at Hong Kong cessation services halved after COVID-19 emergency measures
Among 1762 adults using community cessation services in Hong Kong, validated six-month abstinence fell from 12.3% before the January 2020 emergency response to 6.8% after it.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use new
Same naloxone increase is projected to cut overdose deaths unevenly across six counties
A simulation calibrated to six Pennsylvania counties projected that the same 30% rise in naloxone distribution would cut 2029 overdose deaths by 70% in Allegheny but 11% in Erie.
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Health todayCancer refines
Shared genetic risk across cancers sits in specific regions, not across the genome
Across 16 cancers, genome-wide analysis identified 20 correlated cancer pairs, whereas analysis region by region identified shared genetic signals across 66 pairs.
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Health todayCancer confirms
Cancer risk in treated HIV followed age and smoking, not immune status
Among 7507 people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, 219 cancers occurred over a median 5.6 years, with older age and current smoking associated with risk but immune markers not.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 new
Type 2 diabetes fell by a quarter among Australian sleeve gastrectomy patients
Among 34,738 adults undergoing sleeve gastrectomy in New South Wales from 2017 to 2022, type 2 diabetes prevalence fell by 24.4%, and 72.3% had at least one cardiovascular risk factor.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine refines
Three Holter ECG measures with age predicted five-year mortality in Israeli adults
A random forest combining atrial fibrillation burden, premature ventricular contraction burden, T-wave alternans and age reached an AUROC of 0.79 for five-year mortality in 54,395 Israeli primary care patients.
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping refines
Illicit cigarettes rose from 8.5% to 20.4% in eight Mexican cities by 2023
In the eight Mexican cities surveyed in both years, illicit cigarettes rose from 8.5% of discarded packs in 2017 to 20.4% in 2023.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine new
Model trained to forecast patient records predicts five-year risk of a first cancer
A model trained to forecast what happens next in the records of millions of patients predicted a first cancer within five years, although no accuracy figures are given.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics confirms
RSV hospitalisations in older Brazilians rose after 2020, with 21-31% dying in hospital
Recorded hospitalisations for RSV among Brazilians aged 60 and over rose from under 1 to over 15 per 100,000 between 2013 and 2024, with the sharpest rise after 2020.
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Health todayCancer refines
PSA density separates later prostate cancer risk after a negative screening MRI
Among 1,685 men with a negative screening MRI, seven-year incidence of significant prostate cancer was 5.5% below a PSA density of 0.10 ng/mL2 and more than double that above it.
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