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Significant slowing found in rate of increase from 2009 to 2014, followed by stable rate since 2014
Read More »U.S. Incidence of Thyroid Cancer Plateaued in 2009
Prenatal Smoking Raises Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Increased risk for GDM seen across all levels of prepregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain
Read More »Palliative Care Services Lagging Worldwide
More than half of world's population has poor, nonexistent access to palliative care
Read More »Overt Hypothyroidism May Up All-Cause Mortality in the Elderly
However, no association seen between hypothyroidism and cardiovascular mortality
Read More »Infertility Risk Increased for Men Born Small for Gestational Age
Link weakened after excluding those born with hypospadias, cryptorchidism; no link seen in women
Read More »Age at Obesity Onset Tied to Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Risk for diabetes decreased for each year increment in age at onset of obesity
Read More »HbA1c Minimally Adds to CVD Risk Prediction in Prediabetes
Classical risk factors explain most of the increased risk for CVD associated with HbA1c in prediabetes
Read More »Congress Approves Raising Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21
Measure was supported by many tobacco and electronic cigarette companies
Read More »Vitamin D Supplementation Alone May Not Reduce Fracture Risk
However, meta-analysis shows significant reduction in any, hip fracture with vitamin D plus calcium
Read More »T2DM Risk Cut With Weight Loss Even in Nonoverweight People
Findings seen even among nonoverweight, regardless of family diabetes history, genetic risk for T2DM
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