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Factors fall into the categories of social and demographic, clinical care, physical environment

Flavoring commonly used in e-cigarettes suppresses cilia beat frequency, lasting for 60 minutes

Crossover in sex-specific rates among U.S. non-Hispanic whites born since 1965

Following latest shooting, pediatricians join call for action to be taken to address firearm deaths, injury

More adolescents receive HPV vaccination same day with physician engagement versus acquiescence

BMI genetic risk score-BMI link attenuated in 70+ age group

No increased risk of serious infection among RA offspring versus non-TNFi exposed or control

Sharpest decrease seen in privately insured men after 2011

Reduced risk seen for ischemic heart disease, major coronary events, stroke in Chinese adults

Association seen in patients with ulcerative colitis but not those with Crohn’s disease

Decrease in length of stay and mortality, but increase in mean hospital charges during study period

Docs describe burnout and emotional exhaustion; moral distress at seeing suffering and injustice

Significantly higher incidence of suicide for black children aged 5 to 12; lower rate for black teens

Five percent of children uninsured in 2017, 41.3 and 55.0 percent had public and private coverage

Findings based upon large study of homeless and housed Veteran surgical patients

USPSTF says evidence inadequate for primary care interventions to prevent child maltreatment

Provision of assay doesn’t result in less antibiotic use for suspected lower respiratory tract infection

And, intensity of imaging surveillance not linked to time to detection of colorectal cancer recurrence

The once-weekly glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist cuts HbA1c, body weight