Clinical obesity defined as chronic illness resulting from effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function

Number of U.S. adults who will develop dementia each year projected to increase from ~514,000 to 1 million; lifetime risk is 42 percent after 55 years of age

Findings independent of cigarette pack years, current smoking status, secondhand smoke exposure

Substantial proportion of aware adults had experimented with or were currently using synthetic cooling agent menthol-mimicking cigarettes

Rates of lifetime completed forced sexual intercourse and past-year violence were higher for girls than boys

Association with depression attenuated in later years, while new sociodemographic risk factors emerged

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Four-month regimen recommended for drug-susceptible TB and six-month regimen recommended for drug-resistant TB

Polypill treatment estimated at $8,560 per QALY gained compared with usual care and had high value in 99 percent of simulations

Fifteen candidate genes account for only 0.40 percent of variation in opioid use disorder risk