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Health todayCancer refines
HPV-attributable fraction in oropharyngeal cancer rose in seven countries over a decade
Central testing of 6,043 head and neck cancer specimens found HPV attributability in oropharyngeal cancer rose in all seven countries.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Housing for homeless Californians with opioid use disorder modelled at $31,083 per QALY
A lifetime microsimulation of 18,928 Californians experiencing homelessness with opioid use disorder gave $31,083 per quality-adjusted life-year from expanding housing access.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals contradicts
Polygenic modification of statin benefit may arise from trial eligibility criteria
Simulations with no true interaction reproduced the reported pattern of greater lipid-lowering benefit at higher coronary artery disease polygenic risk.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
NHSO-T2DM resource links six Thai routine-care files for 1,421,470 people with diabetes
Six Thai routine-care files were linked by encrypted identifier into registry, visit and drug exposure tables.
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US childhood hepatitis B vaccine policy changes modelled to increase chronic infections
A Markov model of a 3.6 million US birth cohort projects 83% more childhood chronic hepatitis B infections under shared decision making.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine new
Long-term ozone and stroke risk in 20 757 Polish patients with atrial fibrillation
In Polish patients with atrial fibrillation, each interquartile rise in ozone was associated with a 27% higher composite stroke risk.
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Health todayCancer refines
Smoking status and survival across solid cancers in a Finnish two-hospital cohort
Five-year overall survival was 71% in never smokers, 58% in former smokers and 49% in current smokers.
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Health todayDementia refines
Lecanemab in real-world practice: pooled ARIA, discontinuation and cognitive outcomes
Any ARIA occurred in 15.1% of lecanemab-treated patients in real-world cohorts, rising to 34.1% in APOE e4 homozygotes.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 refines
Type 2 diabetes remission and relapse after metabolic-bariatric procedures in ARMMS-T2D
In ARMMS-T2D, 58% assigned to metabolic-bariatric procedures reached diabetes remission over a median 11 years, against 3% on medical-lifestyle care.
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Health todayFrailty and multimorbidity refines
Plant-based diet indices and frailty in 8,628 older adults across three ageing cohorts
Higher overall plant-based scores were associated with lower frailty risk (ORs 0.71-0.80), unhealthful scores with higher risk (1.24-1.41).
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access new
Behavioural health ED patients leaving unseen return, are admitted and die more often
Among 1,305,812 US emergency department behavioural health episodes, a 7-day return visit followed 24.5% of those leaving without being seen, against 13.2% after completed care.
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Data, models and systemsForecasts and their record new
Hypertension prevalence in Japan projected to 2040 using a Bayesian Lee-Carter model
Crude hypertension prevalence in Japan is projected to stay near 47% in men to 2040; untreated or uncontrolled cases fall.
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