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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access refines
Alcohol screening in US health care rarely leads to brief intervention for heavy drinkers
Most US adults in health care were asked about drinking, but only 4% of heavy drinkers reported a brief intervention.
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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources confirms
COVID-19 case reporting in Miami-Dade shifted to affluent block groups as testing grew
Early COVID-19 hot spots sat in lower-income block groups, then shifted to affluent ones as Black neighbourhoods became cold spots.
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Health todayHeart and stroke refines
Childhood segregation and cardiovascular disease onset in Black and White Americans
Childhood residential segregation appeared to delay cardiovascular disease or hypertension in White people and hasten it in Black people.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Heat-attributable mortality in Spain rose 15% per 1 °C of mean heatwave daily Tmax
Event-level heat metrics explained much of the variability in heatwave mortality, while heat-attributable deaths fell 3.9-5.8% a year after adjusting for temperature.
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Health todayDementia new
Amyloid and tau stage in 2711 Sao Paulo autopsies, by age and cognitive status
In 2711 Sao Paulo autopsies, 19.6% had both amyloid and tau at biomarker-detectable levels, rising steeply with age.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
HPV catch-up vaccination to age 30 modelled in 132 low- and middle-income countries
A one-time catch-up campaign for females aged 9-30 was projected to prevent 6.93 million cervical cancer cases and 3.56 million deaths.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Temperature-attributable cardiovascular deaths in Europe may double by late century
Under high emissions, temperature-attributable cardiovascular deaths in Europe rise from 31.4 to 62.4 per 100,000, with heat-attributable rates up 472%.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 refines
Anti-obesity drugs in routine care: short exposure, smaller weight loss than in trials
In routine care, nearly half of tirzepatide users did not reach 10% weight loss after at least 72 weeks.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Scottish cohort of 3.7 million adults links disability and household setting to COVID-19
A linked cohort of 3,719,651 Scottish adults describes COVID-19 outcomes by disability group and household living arrangements.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Perioperative enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in cisplatin-ineligible bladder cancer
In a Markov model, perioperative enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab cost $72,460 per QALY gained versus radical cystectomy alone.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine new
FAHR-Face, a face photograph foundation model, estimates biological age and survival
A face photograph model fine-tuned on 34,363 patients with cancer separated mortality risk between quartiles.
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Behavioural scienceAdherence and persistence refines
Semaglutide: 14.5% of US initiators start at high dose, with earlier discontinuation
Among US adults starting injectable semaglutide, high-dose initiation was associated with a 25% higher early discontinuation risk and lower 1-year persistence.
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