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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics refines
RSV awareness tracked with vaccination in White and Black women, not Hispanic women
Among 650 pregnant and postpartum US women, RSV awareness was associated with a 26.4 point higher vaccination probability for White women but a non-significant 6.9 points for Hispanic women.
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Health todayCancer new
Projected cancer cases in sexual and gender minorities rise with self-identification
A projection applying cancer incidence rates to survey identification proportions estimated 15 times more cases at ages 55 to 59 among Millennial than Silent Generation sexual and gender minority Americans, 77,521 against 5,134 over five years, driven by who identifies rather than by risk.
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Health todayDementia new
Varenicline users had about half the dementia rate of nicotine-replacement users
Among 1,758 matched pairs aged 50 and over in the All of Us cohort, varenicline users had about half the rate of dementia of those using nicotine replacement (HR 0.52).
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 new
Consistent glucose monitor users stayed on GLP-1 drugs longer in type 2 diabetes
In US claims for adults with type 2 diabetes starting a GLP-1 drug, 68.4% of consistent glucose monitor users were still on it at one year, against 51.9% of non-users.
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Health todayCancer confirms
Lower nutrition-inflammation score went with higher mortality in ICU kidney injury
In 1,887 intensive care patients with acute kidney injury, a higher nutrition and inflammation score was associated with lower in-hospital mortality, at a hazard ratio of 0.86 per log unit.
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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources new
Amish study of 3,978 adults links cognitive diagnoses to pedigrees and whole-genome data
The Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project has enrolled 3,978 Amish adults in Ohio and Indiana, 2,928 with an agreed cognitive diagnosis, and reports only the cohort's composition.
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Health todayDementia confirms
Glial injury marker GFAP separates Alzheimer's stages more sharply than vascular markers
Among 2650 ADNI participants, the glial injury marker GFAP was 56.3% higher in Alzheimer's dementia than in unimpaired people, whereas vascular markers differed by around 14% and discriminated poorly.
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Health todayHeart and stroke new
Spleen uptake on cardiac PET stress scans is associated with later cardiac events
Among 16,650 patients having drug-stress cardiac PET at six sites, a high ratio of spleen uptake under stress to uptake at rest was associated with more major cardiovascular events.
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Health todayHeart and stroke refines
Slow restart of blood pressure drugs carried higher cardiovascular risk in SPRINT
In the SPRINT trial, participants whose blood pressure drugs were reduced and not promptly restored under the standard target had a 34% higher rate of major cardiovascular events.
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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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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 todayHeart and stroke new
Atrial fibrillation recurrence after ablation was similar on GLP-1, SGLT2 or both
Among adults having catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, recurrence was similar on a GLP-1 drug, an SGLT2 inhibitor or both, while all-cause mortality was lower on the combination.
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