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Older adults with vs without dementia have similar colonoscopy-related complications, although they have higher complications overall.

Enhancing coordination of care has the potential to increase the value of heart failure care.

Most newly treated patients with type 2 diabetes exhibit suboptimal medication persistence, which is associated with higher risk of hospitalization and increased medical costs.

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Machine learning models have potential for early identification of patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) who are at risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Using an instrumental variable approach, this study is the first to present causal estimates of the effect of preventive dental visits on overall medical expenditures.

A study in Taiwan involving 3,062 thyroid cancer patients and 9,186 controls finds that HPV infection more than doubles the risk of developing thyroid cancer, providing the first evidence of a carcinogen for this common endocrine cancer.

We sought to evaluate whether residence at high altitude is associated with the development of obesity among those at increased risk of becoming obese. Obesity, a leading global health priority, is often refractory to care. A potentially novel intervention is hypoxia, which has demonstrated positive long-term metabolic effects in rats. Whether or not high altitude residence confers benefit in humans, however, remains unknown. Using a quasi-experimental, retrospective study design, we observed al...

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