Emergency departments likely overprescribing opioids for acute pain
1. In this cohort study, majority of the participants did not use all of the opioids prescribed to them in ...
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2 Minute Medicine Rewind July 15, 2024
Fairness in Predicting Cancer Mortality Across Racial Subgroups 1. A machine learning model trained on retrospective data of patients with ...
Financial incentives may be a viable option to promote smoking cessation
1. Incentivizing smoking cessation with financial rewards increased the likelihood of cessation through the first 12 weeks but did not ...
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination side effects associated with increased neutralizing antibodies
1. In a prospective cohort study of individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, symptomatic patients had higher levels of neutralizing antibodies (nAB) ...
Heat exposure associated with increased myocardial blood flow
1. In this randomized controlled trial, exposure to heat that increased core temperature by 1.5C in healthy participants was associated ...
Early asthma and COPD intervention decreases healthcare utilization
1. In this randomized controlled trial, adults with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received pulmonologist-directed treatment ...
Genome sequencing may offer diagnostic utility beyond exome sequencing at acceptable cost
1. In this cohort study of families with suspected Mendelian disorders for whom preliminary genetic testing had not revealed a ...
Long-term calcium and vitamin D supplementation does not impact all-cause mortality
1. In this randomized controlled trial, long-term calcium and vitamin D (CaD) supplementation was associated with lower cancer mortality and ...
Mortality disparities recorded within Hispanic/Latino groups pre-pandemic
1. In this cohort study, within the pre-pandemic period, persons of Puerto Rican and Cuban backgrounds were found to have ...
Medical cannabis use increased in the United States from 2020 to 2022
1. In this retrospective cohort study, enrollment in medical cannabis programs increased overall in the United States (US) between 2020 ...
