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Growing Overlap of COPD, Severe Obesity, and Sleep Apnea

Physician's Weekly

They analyzed using NHANES data from 2005–2008 and 2015–March 2020. kg/m 2 The results showed that from 2005–2008 to 2015–March 2020, the proportion of individuals with a triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and HR-OSA rose from 0.653% [95% CI, 0.651–0.655%] to 1.560% [95% CI, 1.557–1.563%].

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Higher Dietary Calcium Intake May Up Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Physician's Weekly

Hongyuan Chang, from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2003 to 2008 to examine the association between dietary calcium intake and the risk of BPH. and those without hypertension.

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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

Using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV database, the authors reviewed health record data from 20,230 adults with sepsis treated in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ICU between 2008 and 2019. Statin exposure during the ICU stay defined the treatment cohort.

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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law Blog

The government charged these individuals with conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § Per DOJ, this is the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals for failure to report under the CPSA. See 15 U.S.C. § 2070. Now, fifteen years later, on Nov. After a brief trial, on Friday Nov. After a brief trial, on Friday Nov.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law Blog

Consequently, because both applications were approved at the same time, both applications represent the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the product or the individual active ingredients, as outlined under 35 U.S.C. sections l56(a)(5) and 156(f)(1). l56(d)(1).

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Parental Support and the Built Environment: A 4-Way Decomposition Analysis of Childrens Physical Activity [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Individual, social, and built environments interact to shape physical activity (PA), with responses to environmental cues often differing by gender. A prospective analysis was undertaken using data collected in 2008-2010. Such cross-level interactions are widely acknowledged, yet rarely reported.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Individuals who believe that genetic differences explain racial differences in health outcomes are more likely to practice race-based medicine. 2008 Oct;100(10):1235-43. Simulation-based training interventions are currently being studied to help combat these inequities. N Engl J Med. 2021 Mar 4;384(9):791-793. J Natl Med Assoc.