Findings seen across a wide range of diagnoses and not reflective of seasonal variation
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Decrease Seen in U.S. Life Expectancy in First Half of 2020
Life expectancy decreased by 1.0 year in first half of 2020 from 2019, with decreases of 1.2 and 0.9 years for males and females, respectively
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Risk increased for meningiomas treated with surgery or radiotherapy; risk decreased after discontinuation of treatment
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For Mainland Chinese adults, waist circumference significantly associated with all cardiometabolic risk factors
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GDM screening recommended at or after, but not before, 24 weeks of gestation in asymptomatic pregnant individuals
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Weekly semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention resulted in substantial, sustained, clinically relevant weight loss for overweight, obese
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Links between T2DM with metformin use and breast cancer risk appear to be affected by hormone receptor status
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Lifestyle intervention results in significantly more weight loss and in improved fasting glucose, HDL-cholesterol
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Regression to normoglycemia, death more common than progression to diabetes
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