Dose-dependent response seen with increasing number of cardiometabolic diseases and cognitive decline
Digital Tool Accurate for Tracking Movement During Stroke Rehab
Trained model accurately decomposed rehab activities into elemental function motions, outperformed ML models
Atrial Fibrillation Tied to Worse Noncardiac Surgery Outcomes
Findings seen for older adults across sex, race, surgery type, and cardiac risk levels
USPSTF Recommends Against Beta Carotene, Vitamin E Supplements
No benefit seen for cardiovascular disease, cancer prevention; evidence insufficient for assessing pros and cons of multivitamins
Outcomes Worse With Reinterventions After Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Patients with major residua had increased risks for postdischarge mortality, transplant, late reintervention
Medicare Could Have Saved $3.6 Billion on Generic Drugs in 2020
Authors say Medicare could have saved up to $3.6 billion by purchasing generics at Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company prices
Cases of Kawasaki Disease in the U.S. Dropped During Pandemic
Kawasaki disease cases fell by 28 percent and remained low during periods of pandemic-related masking and school closures
Medicaid Expansion Buffered Health Coverage Loss During Pandemic
Workers who lived in Medicaid expansion states were 5.4 percent more likely to enroll in Medicaid after job loss during pandemic
Continued CPAP Use Cuts Risk for Death
Termination of CPAP therapy tied to higher first-year all-cause death and heart failure
Disparities in Life Expectancy by Race, Ethnicity, County Persist
In the U.S., increases in life expectancy were seen for Black, API, Latino, White populations, but no change seen for AIAN