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Perioperative Mortality Risk After Living Kidney Donation Significantly Declined in 2013-2022

HCPLive

Findings from a recent national registry study suggest perioperative mortality after living kidney donation significantly declined in 2013-2022 compared with 1993-2002 and 2003-2012.

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Prescription Trends Between 2019 and 2022 Show the Rise of Telehealth

HCPLive

A recent study saw prescription fills for stimulants, and antidepressants increased from 2019 to 2022 but decreased for opioids.

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Clinical Quiz: 2022 ACR Vaccine Recommendations for People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease

HCPLive

This clinical quiz, our first in a series of 3, focuses on recommendations for specific vaccines from the 2022 ACR vaccination guidelines.

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Trends in sepsis-associated cardiovascular disease mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2022

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This study aims to assess the trends of sepsis-associated CVD mortality rates and variations in mortality based on demographics and regions in the US.MethodsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database was used to identify CVD and sepsis-related deaths from 1999 to 2022.

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Medicare Unveils First 10 Negotiated Drug Prices

Med Page Today

The price negotiation program was passed in 2022 as part. (MedPage Today) -- Sitagliptin (Januvia) saw the greatest drop in price among the list of 10 drugs whose new prices were announced Thursday under Medicare's drug price negotiation program.

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CDC: Premature Mortality for Top Causes of Death Higher in Rural Areas

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Americans living in rural areas had higher rates of preventable premature mortality from the five leading causes of death than those living in urban areas during the years 2010-2022, and the divide only appears to be growing.

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Many Kids Benefit From GLP-1s. What Happens When They Have to Stop Taking Them?

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- At the November 2022 Obesity Week in San Diego, it was clear something big was happening. A late-breaking session released results of the STEP TEENS phase IIIa trial, showing 16% weight loss in adolescents with obesity treated.

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