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Health todayCancer new
Wildfire smoke is linked to shorter survival in older US lung cancer patients
A SEER-Medicare cohort of 414,016 patients aged 65 or older with lung cancer found shorter overall survival with higher long-term exposure to wildfire-related fine particles.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine new
Language model identifies neurodegenerative disease from autopsy text in 75% of cases
In 5,613 Mayo Clinic autopsies, a language model scoring gross brain descriptions gave the correct diagnosis in 75% of held-out cases, but rarely identified combined Alzheimer and Lewy body disease.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
PCV20 was 20% effective against pneumococcal pneumonia admissions at ages 65 and over
Among 34,009 pneumonia hospitalisations in the US Veterans Affairs system, PCV20 was associated with 20.4% lower odds of culture-confirmed pneumococcal pneumonia at ages 65 and over.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Kidney disease stage tracks in-hospital deaths in STEMI shock on circulatory support
In 63,755 US hospitalisations for STEMI with cardiogenic shock and mechanical circulatory support, in-hospital mortality was 30.7% with no chronic kidney disease and 40.7% at stages 4-5.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Asian Pacific Islanders had worse in-hospital outcomes after heart attack in the US
A propensity-matched analysis of US hospital admissions for heart attack from 2003 to 2022 found higher in-hospital mortality among Asian Pacific Islander patients than among other patients.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
Pharmacies gave 42% of first COVID-19 vaccine doses to North Carolina children
Across 1.75 million North Carolina children aged 3-17, pharmacies gave 42% of first COVID-19 doses, and much the same share in rural, suburban and urban areas.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 new
Adults with obesity and asthma on GLP-1 drugs had fewer recorded exacerbations
In 2,423 matched pairs of adults with obesity and asthma, one-year recorded asthma exacerbation was 1.7% on GLP-1 therapy as compared to 4.0% on other weight-management drugs.
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Data, models and systemsCancer new
Deaths mentioning lung metastases reached their highest recorded US rate in 2024
US age-adjusted mortality involving secondary malignant neoplasm of the lung fell to 7.22 per 100,000 in 2008, then rose to 11.38 in 2024, the highest level recorded.
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Data, models and systemsForecasts and their record refines
Healthy working life at 50 averages 11 years across 28 countries
Across 175,318 adults aged 50 and over in 28 countries, 10.98 of the 33.59 years of life expectancy remaining at age 50 were spent both healthy and in work.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate new
Mortality long after Texas cyclones is raised only in socially vulnerable counties
In Texas between 1968 and 2018, tropical cyclone exposure raised all-cause mortality for years after landfall only in counties classified as socially vulnerable.
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