Kratom use disorder and withdrawal may be common in the United States
1. Preliminary data from a convenience sample of kratom users noted that current kratom use...
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Hospitalized Covid-19 patients from socially vulnerable neighborhoods have greater illness severity
1. Hospitalized Covid-19 patients presenting from socially vulnerable neighborhoods had greater...
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Breast cancer overdiagnosis rates not as high as estimated previously
1. About 1 in 7 cases of screen-detected cancer is overdiagnosed in the US population. 2. The rate...
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Overdoses in youth with benzodiazepine and stimulant prescriptions
1. A retrospective analysis found that 29% of youth with benzodiazepine overdose and 25% of youth...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of statin-induced reduction in LDL-C demonstrates modest absolute benefits
1. This systematic review and meta-analysis found a modest absolute risk reduction of 0.8% in...
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Accessible hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs provide significantly higher rates of cure compared to conventional care
1. In patients with hepatitis C virus who recently injected drugs, 67% in the accessible care arm...
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Non-severe tuberculosis in children can be treated with a shorter 4-month regimen
1. For children with non-severe tuberculosis, 4 months of antituberculosis treatments was...
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Low- and no-calorie sweetened beverages associated with reduced body weight compared to sugar-sweetened beverages: a systematic review and meta-analysis
1. This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrated that low- and no-calorie sweetened...
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Early intervention services for children exposed to lead associated with improved standardized test performance
1. In a retrospective cohort of about 11,000 children with at least one blood lead level above 4...
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Effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines waned over timer in North Carolina
1. Three Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson provided durable...
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Combination treatment with varenicline and nicotine patch improves smoking cessation outcomes for concurrent alcohol users
1. In this randomized controlled trial, combined treatment with varenicline and nicotine patch...
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Melioidosis outbreak is associated with imported aromatherapy spray
1. Melioidosis, caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is rarely diagnosed in the US, and patients...
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Reliever-triggered inhaled glucocorticoid therapy in among Black and Latinx adults with asthma
1. Provision of an inhaled glucocorticoid and instruction on its use led to a significantly lower...
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Impact of changes in guidelines for management billing codes guidelines
1. Guidelines changes to frequently used outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) billing use...
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AD26.COV2.S vaccine provides protection against Covid-19
1. The AD26.COV2.S vaccine provided protection against moderate to severe-critical Covid-19. 2....
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Novavax vaccine is safe and effective for prevention of Covid-19
1. The Novavax vaccine provided high efficacy for the prevention of Covid-19. 2. The Novavax...
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COVID-19 vaccination and infection-acquired immunity provide protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection
1. Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were associated with short-term protection against...
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Discharge from pediatric intensive care unit after respiratory failure may be associated with long-term impact on neurocognition
1. Patients who were discharged from a pediatric intensive care unit for respiratory failure were...
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Immediate postpartum intrauterine device insertion associated with increased risk of device expulsion: the APEX-IUD study
1. Among postpartum breastfeeding women with known intrauterine device insertion, 5-year...
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COVID-19 increased mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden, and Spain
1. COVID-19 caused the second-largest infection-related mortality disaster in Switzerland, Sweden,...
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