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SAN FRANCISCO — Postpartum women who live farther from their delivery hospital are more likely to choose long-acting reversible contraception than those who live closer, according to study data.

Researchers developed a miniature “tumor farm” model that uses biopsied tumor cells to enable personalized, 3-D testing of the cells’ response to various lung cancer drugs.

Researchers have discovered the mechanisms by which the chemotherapy drug ponatinib harms the heart.

Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Armand Krikorian, MD, MBA, FACP, FACE, about why health care providers need to consider all the features of an employment contract, from salary and performance expectations to benefits.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity achieved greater weight loss with time-restricted eating at 6 months than with calorie restriction or continuing usual eating habits, according to study data.

HOUSTON — A mobile health program that includes home visits from a health coach may be able to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve HbA1c for Black and Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes, according to two speakers.

Living in a racially segregated neighborhood is associated with higher levels of lead exposure among Black children, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

SAN DIEGO — Early time-restricted eating may confer more cardiometabolic benefits for adults than late time-restricted eating, but a later eating window may result in better adherence, according to two speakers.

In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Armand Krikorian, MD, MBA, FACP, FACE, about the different styles of contracts negotiation and why it is important to look beyond the salary.

Insurance status substantially mediated racial and ethnic inequities among women with advanced-stage cervical cancer, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.