Disparities greatest among younger adults and almost entirely explained by social risk factors

AI recommendations more often rated as optimal compared with treating physician decisions

74 percent of respondents unaware of FDA-approved treatments; 56 percent said these options had not been discussed by clinician

78.5 percent of unvaccinated adults are unsure if they were eligible for vaccination or thought they were not

Depressive effect among girls mediated through sleep quality, duration, and chronotype

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Mortality and disability-adjusted life-years declined globally but remained disproportionately high in lower SDI regions

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GNRI outperformed serum albumin or body mass index alone in predicting OAB risk in elderly