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April 16, 2021
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Osteoporosis treatment before spinal fusion may lower risks of complications, revision

Preoperative osteoporosis treatment lowered the risks of osteoporosis-related complications and revision surgery in patients undergoing spinal fusion of three levels or more at 1 year, according to published results.

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April 14, 2021
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Study shows health is declining in younger generations

Study shows health is declining in younger generations

Physiological and mental health is worsening among late Generation X and Generation Y cohorts compared with Baby Boomers, according to an investigation published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

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March 29, 2021
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Opioid weaning more than 2 months prior to spinal fusion may reduce long-term opioid use

Published results showed patients who underwent spinal fusion had a significantly lower risk of long-term postoperative opioid use if their last opioid prescription was more than 2 months prior to surgery and less than a 14-day supply.

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March 25, 2021
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Viral co-detection linked with longer duration of ventilation in critically ill infants

Viral co-detection linked with longer duration of ventilation in critically ill infants

Identification of viral type and number may aid in predicting the duration of positive pressure ventilation in critically ill infants with bronchiolitis, according to results published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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March 18, 2021
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Insulinemic and inflammatory diets increase type 2 diabetes risk for postmenopausal women

Insulinemic and inflammatory diets increase type 2 diabetes risk for postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women consuming a high proinflammatory or hyperinsulinemic diet have an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to data from the Women’s Health Initiative published in Diabetes Care.

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March 12, 2021
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Top stories from ACTRIMS: Awareness of COVID-19, inflammation’s impact on treatment

This year, ACTRIMS held their sixth annual forum virtually. From Feb. 25-27, attendees logged on for presentations related to this year’s meeting theme, “The Spectrum of Multiple Sclerosis.”

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March 04, 2021
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10 stories for International HPV Awareness Day

10 stories for International HPV Awareness Day

Women in Appalachia are disproportionately affected by cervical cancer, according to the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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March 03, 2021
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WHO: Nearly one in four worldwide will have some hearing loss by 2050

WHO: Nearly one in four worldwide will have some hearing loss by 2050

WHO’s inaugural World Report on Hearing estimates that about one in four people — or about 2.5 billion — worldwide will have some type of hearing loss by 2050.

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February 23, 2021
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REVEAL Lite 2 risk calculator a simplified model to assess mortality risk in PAH

REVEAL Lite 2 risk calculator a simplified model to assess mortality risk in PAH

Use of an abridged version of the REVEAL 2.0 risk calculator, REVEAL Lite 2, provided a simplified method of mortality risk assessment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers reported in Chest.

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February 18, 2021
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5 Questions with Laxmi Mehta, MD

5 Questions with Laxmi Mehta, MD

For this issue, Cardiology Today spoke with Editorial Board Member Laxmi Mehta, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA. She is a noninvasive cardiologist and professor of medicine in the division of cardiovascular medicine at The Ohio State University. She holds the Sarah Ross Soter Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health, is the section director of preventive cardiology and women’s cardiovascular health and director of lipid clinics and is the vice chair of wellness for the department of internal medicine at Ohio State.

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