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Studies funded by pharmaceutical companies appeared significantly more likely to find oncology drugs cost-effective than studies without such funding, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with acute MI being treated with comfort measures only by discharge were found to have attained that status after in-hospital complications, often after aggressive initial management, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Acute alcohol consumption in the general population is associated with higher risk for discrete atrial fibrillation episodes, as well as risk for new-onset AF, according to data published in Nature Cardiovascular Research.

A media briefing hosted by the University of California, San Francisco, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking disparities in minority populations.

Studies that have found a link between smoking and COVID-19 severity provide a new reason for primary care physicians to keep talking to their patients about ways to quit smoking, an expert told Healio.

Individuals who experienced a mental health condition with a psychometric prescription after cancer diagnosis had an elevated risk for all-cause mortality in the short term, according to a study published in Cancer.

Older adults may have an increased risk for developing diabetes and experiencing adverse diabetes-related outcomes if they lose teeth, according to a systematic review published in BMC Endocrine Disorders.

The addition of palbociclib to endocrine therapy prolonged survival for Black and Hispanic women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, according to results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Patient-selected trigger testing for paroxysmal AF.

Real-time physiologic consequences of coffee consumption in healthy adults.